04-07-2008
One possibility is that the directory is NFS-mounted, as era has already mentioned. Another possiblity would be a process that writes to this directory. Suppose a process that writes more or less constantly to a file, something like "vmstat 1 > /some/file" if you now remove "/some/file" ls will not show it, but it will still be there as long as the process (vmstat in this example) runs. You can see that by running "df" against the filesystem holding the file.
(btw. this is one excellent method to drive a Sysadmin crazy: Fill up the /tmp filesystem with such a mechanism and use a sufficiently innocent processname. No, do NOT try this on your colleague. ;-)) )
Use a tool like "fuser" to determine processes which still write to the filesystem/directory to remedy such a situation. Once you kill the process the filespace becomes available at once as the respective i-node is released automatically.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
ginstall-info
INSTALL-INFO(1) User Commands INSTALL-INFO(1)
NAME
install-info - update info/dir entries
SYNOPSIS
install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
DESCRIPTION
Install or delete dir entries from INFO-FILE in the Info directory file DIR-FILE.
OPTIONS
--delete
delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE; don't insert any new entries.
--dir-file=NAME
specify file name of Info directory file. This is equivalent to using the DIR-FILE argument.
--entry=TEXT
insert TEXT as an Info directory entry. TEXT should have the form of an Info menu item line plus zero or more extra lines starting
with whitespace. If you specify more than one entry, they are all added. If you don't specify any entries, they are determined
from information in the Info file itself.
--help display this help and exit.
--info-file=FILE
specify Info file to install in the directory. This is equivalent to using the INFO-FILE argument.
--info-dir=DIR
same as --dir-file=DIR/dir.
--item=TEXT
same as --entry TEXT. An Info directory entry is actually a menu item.
--quiet
suppress warnings.
--remove
same as --delete.
--section=SEC
put this file's entries in section SEC of the directory. If you specify more than one section, all the entries are added in each of
the sections. If you don't specify any sections, they are determined from information in the Info file itself.
--version
display version information and exit.
REPORTING BUGS
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. Texinfo home page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under the terms of the GNU
General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for install-info is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and install-info programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info install-info
should give you access to the complete manual.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Availability | SUNWtexi |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Volatile |
+--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES
Source for texinfo is available on http://opensolaris.org.
install-info 4.7 April 2004 INSTALL-INFO(1)