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Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
Look at the 1st line. Ok, it was greped away, so better use
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lsof | ( read header; echo "$header"; grep "(deleted)" )
The process (COMMAND and PID) holds the file (NAME) with size (SIZE/OFF) open.
But the file is already deleted (unlinked from the directory) and cannot be found by other processes - but lsof.
If you kill the process then the file data will be really deleted, and its disk space will be freed. |
Would (should?) they not be deleted on reboot? This seems to indicate that the files persist when you close applications when shutting down and they need finding & deleting?
I took a random file (/dev/shm/.org.chromium.Chromium.cOlWGG (deleted)) and went to that location with caja showing hidden files, but there was almost nothing in there & I couldn't find it in /tmp either
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Certain apps like gnome-terminal are known to open+delete files in /tmp.
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I'm not sure what the import of this is - do you mean I can/have to use terminal to find & delete them. I have Mate terminal if that has the same functions?
Many thanks for your help, I'm a bit out of my depth, but a bit of deeper understanding is useful.
Cheers.
