GNU bug report logs - #10003
[df] information differs from GUI

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Message #11 received at 10003 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: hs4 <at> btconnect.com
Cc: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 10003 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10003: DF command
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:59:00 +0100

tags 10003 + moreinfo
thanks

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 11/09/2011 09:01 AM, hs4 <at> btconnect.com wrote:
>> Hi
>> I have a server some 3 years old acting as a backup for my two pc's has
>> worked well.
>> Yesterday ran out of disk space and used the gui option to delete files.
>> However trash would not clear under gui so used command line which worked a
>> treat.
>> When i look at the gui in Trash it shows disk size 250gb with 144gb free
>> which sounds correct as I've deleted loads, but when I type in on command
>> line df-h or df -k it shows the disk 100% used.
>> Is there a neat way to get the df to recalculate
>> Look forward to hearing from you, all help appreciated.
>
> df just reports what the file system says.
> Is this a remote file system, nfs, cifs etc?
> If you could give the output of `df -Th`
> it would be informative.
>
> I very much doubt a bug in df though.

I've marked this bug report "moreinfo", meaning that we are
requesting you provide "more information".

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