On 05/21/12 19:52, Mike Miller wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2012, Thomas Lunde wrote: > >> Most of the answers so far (lsof, sync, etc. ) seem to have missed the >> fact that the OP rebooted the box after deletion. Since no process or >> file handle will survive that, let me ask: >> >> Is there any reason that there could be hard links on this volume? >> Some backup systems use those for files that don't change between >> backup runs. Apple's Time Machine is one example of a system that does >> such, but there are many others. >> >> Using find or ls -l paired with egrep, check for hard links. You won't >> get the disk space back until the last link to a file has been rm'd. >> >> Let us know what the ultimate solution is, please. > > > Mr. B-o-B (the OP) doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would make this > mistake, but my first thought was "wastebasket" only because that's what > would happen to naive users on Windows. But regarding stupid mistakes -- > I can do things that no one would even believe were possible. > > Mike Actually Samba does have a feature for a "recycle bin" when you delete from shares. I wonder if this is enabled on the Samba server. Thanks. -- Bret Baptist Senior Network Administrator Internet Exposure bbaptist at iexposure.com (612) 676-1946 x117 Check out our blog: www.iexposure.com/blog Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/iexposure Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/iexposure Connect on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/internet-exposure A Digital Agency Since 1995