The reason that the space in the filesystem wasn’t reclaimed is because the file was opened and in use by another application
root@linux:~ # lsof /bkpcvrd | grep deleted
dsmc 21215 root 11r REG 253,9 4268860136 1097761 /bkpcvrd/pbh020/export/pbh020_20111001.dmp.gz (deleted)
dsmc 30379 root 8r REG 253,9 4268860136 1097761 /bkpcvrd/pbh020/export/pbh020_20111001.dmp.gz (deleted)
dsmc 32691 root 9r REG 253,9 4268860136 1097761 /bkpcvrd/pbh020/export/pbh020_20111001.dmp.gz (deleted)
Check the directory where the file descriptors for the PID is
root@linux:/proc/21215/fd # ls -l
total 12
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 0 -> /dev/null
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 1 -> /root/nohup.out
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 10 -> socket:/[32923523]
lr-x—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 11 -> /bkpcvrd/pbh020/export/pbh020_20111001.dmp.gz (deleted)
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 2 -> /dev/null
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 3 -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 4 -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmsched.log
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 5 -> socket:/[31319408]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 6 -> socket:/[31319409]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 7 -> socket:/[33998182]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 8 -> socket:/[33083683]
lr-x—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 9 -> /usr/oradata/orapbh020/tbd1/LENEL_DATA.D001
You previously saw that the there is a link and in the end it says deleted. Type > in the number that was shown in that line
root@linux:/proc/21215/fd # > 11
List the other file descriptors
root@linux:/proc/30379/fd # ls -l
total 11
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 0 -> /dev/console
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 1 -> /dev/null
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 10 -> socket:/[33912163]
lr-x—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 11 -> /usr/oradata/orapbh020/tbd1/LENEL_DATA.D001
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 2 -> /dev/null
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 3 -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 4 -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmsched.log
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 5 -> socket:/[21055400]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 6 -> socket:/[31339242]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 7 -> socket:/[33078656]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 9 -> socket:/[32744402]root@linux:/proc/32691/fd # ls -l
total 11
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 0 -> /dev/null
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 1 -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/nohup.out
lr-x—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 10 -> /bkpcvrd/pbh020/export/pbh020_20111002.dmp.gz
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 2 -> /dev/null
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 3 -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log
l-wx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 4 -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmsched.log
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 5 -> socket:/[33364746]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 6 -> socket:/[33364747]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 7 -> socket:/[33365181]
lrwx—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 8 -> socket:/[33365142]
lr-x—— 1 root root 64 2011-10-04 10:09 9 -> /bkpcvrd/pbh020/export/pbh020_20111003.dmp.gz
The space is now reclaimed
root@linux:~ # df -h /bkpcvrd
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/rootvg-bkpcvrdlv
17G 8.2G 7.3G 53% /bkpcvrd
Listing the open files in the filesystem to see if there is still an open file with the deleted status
root@linux:~ # lsof /bkpcvrd | grep deleted
root@linux:~ #
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