Try running, "sync". On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator <goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I do a tgz-backup some maildir-folders with n*1000 off files and a lot > of GB in storage. The backuped maildirs are removed after the tar. > > My assumption was, that the free diskspace should be bigger after that, > but from what I get with df, it looks like I'm loosing space. > > Currently the tgz is saved on the same disk/mountpoint. > > Any hint, why removing the maildirs dont free diskspace as expected? > > It is still an ext3 filesystme > > Regards and thanks for hints . Götz > > -- > Götz Reinicke > IT-Koordinator > > Tel. +49 7141 969 82420 > E-Mail goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de > > Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH > Akademiehof 10 > 71638 Ludwigsburg > www.filmakademie.de > > Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 > > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Jürgen Walter MdL > Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Wissenschaft, > Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg > > Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >