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On CentOS linux, I just deleted a large log file over 3gb on XFS file system. After deleting the file, the available file space did not return to the drive seen via df -h. Is there anything I can do to find the missing free space?

ewwhite
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You can either reboot or terminate the process that has the file open. So long as the file is still in use, its space cannot be freed.

David Schwartz
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