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 … Continue reading Deleted file in Linux but didn’t reclaim space in filesystem