RE: Unix question

You might try run 'sync' 2 or 3 times after removing the files. The other suggestion is to bounce the database.

HTH
Shawn M Ferris
Oracle DBA - Time Warner Telecom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa_Koivu_at_gelco.com [mailto:Lisa_Koivu_at_gelco.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 1:14 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Unix question
>
>
> Solaris 2.6, using Veritas
>
> I am spending a lovely Sunday afternoon working on
> rearranging wasted space in
> our largest database. I deleted a large number of files ~30
> min ago and the
> space does not show up as free in df. Does it take a while
> for this to happen?
> If it's not going to free up the exact amount of space I am
> deleting in database
> files this is a waste of my time !!!
>
> Thanks
> Lisa
>
>
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Received on Mon May 01 2000 - 09:14:39 CDT