Re: after deleting 250 GB file, df doesn't show change in disk space used

Sidney Lambe wrote:

On comp.os.linux.misc, Grant Edwards <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On 2011-01-10, Loki Harfagr
<l0k1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

problem is df is a client-server process using a pile of nodes
to wave existence signals to distant demons, hence having
usually a hell of a time to get through the void to df.

Huh?

What do you mean that "df is a client-server process"?

I've been using the "df" program for 30 years, and I've never
seen any hint that it does any sort of client-server stuff...

Well, my experience is puny compared to yours, but I've
never seen any such hint, either.

Sid

Whatever the reason, in my equally puny experience, df takes time to see the
changes. Have you observed this with the file you removed? Did the extra
space show up later?

Doug.
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