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From: deraadt@xenlink.UUCP (Theo A. DeRaadt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Lost Space!
Keywords: mvdir
Message-ID: <28@xenlink.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jan 89 21:07:43 GMT
References: <10368@well.UUCP>
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Organization: Xenlink, Calgary, Canada
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In article <10368@well.UUCP>, dave@well.UUCP (Dave Hughes) writes:
# 
# I really screwed up while trying to free up over 3000 blocks of disk
# space occupied by /usr/man - the online xenix manual. I tried
# mvdir but moved it to /u1, not only another file system but
# anoter drive! The top directroy moved, but of course
# none of thefiles, and when I rebooted, the directory disappeared
# but the df command showed the 3000 blocks still tied up! 
# How can I free up that space - everything that was in subdirectyroy
# /usr/man? 

I wish this stuff worked like in BSD. I actually did this once before
and lost a bunch too. I think an fsck cleaned up.
 <tdr.