Re: Strange case of deleting lots of files and "df" not recognizing it..

To:	Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: Strange case of deleting lots of files and "df" not recognizing it....(unless I umount/mount) the disk...
From:	Ben Myers <bpm@xxxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:51:28 -0500
Cc:	Linda Walsh <xfs@xxxxxxxxx>, xfs-oss <xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 09:02:11AM +0200, Emmanuel Florac wrote:
> Le Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:58:12 -0700 vous écriviez:
> 
> > So when does it actually synchronize w/o me forcing it?  (I.e.
> > umount/mount)?
> > 
> 
> Yes, it happens sometimes and a umount/mount is needed to fix it.

You may find that this will get the job done:
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

-Ben

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