Jim Kissel wrote:
>
> Just done a clean minimum install of Debian Etch under VMWare
> Workstation 5.5 and I find df reporting:
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1 1359816 287656 1992884 23% /
> udev 10248 56 10184 1% /dev
> devshm 128588 0 128588 0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda6 2601116 69516 2399469 3% /home
>
> du -s /home reports
> 40 /home
>
>
> du's 40 used blocks != 69516 Used in df
> I know there is a simple explanation, but what is it?
You need to run du -s /home/* to ensure everything gets counted
recursively under that directory, otherwise only top level files will be
accounted for.
NB: Any files unlinked but held open by running processes will be
counted by *df* but not by *du*.
