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  • 1.  Hidden files

    Posted Fri April 08, 2011 04:12 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Hi,

    The /opt filesystem have some hidden occupied files the size of file system is 43 GB and used is only 3.64 Gb. We checked each and every folder inside /opt including hidden files.I need to reduce the used space of the filesystem.
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  • 2.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Fri April 08, 2011 06:55 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    this is an faq:

    Q: i have deleted files from a filesystem, the files are gone but free space does not grow
    A: stop the processes that still have the deleted files open, or reboot if too lazy
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  • 3.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Sun April 24, 2011 10:05 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    ... and somebody start preparing an faq page for this forum please. i am tired of reading the same stupid stuff filling endless threads. thanks a lot!
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  • 4.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Tue April 26, 2011 04:46 AM

    Originally posted by: tony.evans


    Delgado wrote:
    > ... and somebody start preparing an faq page for this forum please.
    > i am tired of reading the same stupid stuff filling endless threads. thanks a lot!

    Maybe you should start it, since it bothers you enough to speak up.

    There are, of course, several FAQ's and UNIX resources on the web, I don't think their presence or lack of is the issue. People (as always) don't want to do their own research, they 'just want to know this one thing which must be easy to answer surely'.
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  • 5.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Tue April 26, 2011 04:48 AM

    Originally posted by: tony.evans


    > > ... and somebody start preparing an faq page for this forum please.
    > > i am tired of reading the same stupid stuff filling endless threads. thanks a lot!
    >
    >
    > Maybe you should start it, since it bothers you enough to speak up.
    >
    > There are, of course, several FAQ's and UNIX resources on the web, I don't think their
    > presence or lack of is the issue. People (as always) don't want to do their own research,
    > they 'just want to know this one thing which must be easy to answer surely'.

    Personally, I wish IBM would fix the software that hosts this forum, the markup is broken, the interface is broken, and the editor is broken. Oh well.
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  • 6.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Fri April 08, 2011 09:18 AM

    Originally posted by: Rthomson


    Try running the fused -u command against the filesystems mount point to see if there are any attached processes and what they might be. Then examine those process IDs.
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  • 7.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Sat April 09, 2011 01:56 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    We are not able to use the command fused.
    bash-3.00# fused -u /opt
    bash: fused: command not found
    bash-3.00#

    We use aix 5300-09-03-0918.
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  • 8.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Sat April 09, 2011 10:29 AM

    Originally posted by: Rthomson


    Sorry, there was a type-o in the command name is
    fuser
    Heres a link to its meaning and usage
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuser_(Unix)
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  • 9.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Mon April 11, 2011 03:47 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    We already used fuser command It did not helped.
    We still observe file system growing...
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  • 10.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Mon April 11, 2011 11:23 AM

    Originally posted by: shargus


    It sounds like you have one or more files that have been deleted, but are still open and being written to.

    You may be able to use lsof to figure out the process that's doing it. Use "lsof +L1" to show processes that have a file open with the number of links equal to 0. Look for something in /opt. If possible, see if you can kill the process.
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  • 11.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Sat April 23, 2011 03:44 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    There is no such process is running from this filesystem.

    filesystem is still keep growing in size pls give more suggestion to solve this issue.
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  • 12.  Re: Hidden files

    Posted Sat April 23, 2011 04:20 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    fuser -u give some processid after killing the process filesystem size got reduced.
    Thanks a lot for the guys supported for me.
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