[Pvfs2-users] lost+found in pvfs2

Sam Lang slang at mcs.anl.gov
Fri Jul 6 15:49:37 EDT 2007


Hi Xiangyong,

lost+found will only contain files that were recovered by pvfs2- 
fsck.  The storage space should not be growing if you're deleting  
everything.  How much larger is the storage space getting?

-sam

On Jul 6, 2007, at 11:35 AM, xiangyong ouyang wrote:

> Thanks for your rapid response to my previous questions. Here is  
> another one.
>
> I create a file in pvfs2 file system, perform some write/read, then  
> delete the file. After that, I can always detect some loss of pvfs2  
> storag space by using "df -kh". When I delete a file, is that file  
> moved to the lost+found directory such that not all storag space is  
> reclaimed?  If I find myself short of pvfs2 storag space due to  
> that reason, how can I totally free up the lost+found directory to  
> reclaim all possible storage space?
>
> thanks!
>
>
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