On 3/15/21 2:48 AM, Bernard Rosset via Dng wrote:
>> You are correct.  I used '+L' NOT '-L'.
>
> I would add -nP -> "lsof -nP +L1"
> If negative, I would go for the ugly path, grep'ing lsof's output on
> "deleted" or "(deleted)".
>
> Past this point, if space of alleged deleted files is not cleared... I
> wonder. Even ext2 should do the trick.
> If not ext4, I would upgrade to it by changing the flags with the help
> of tune2fs.
>
> I am especially surprises by the fact that you stated you could
> unmount the volume and remount it, still without seeing free space
> improvement... Are you positive you deleted the real files, and not
> mere links to them? I would make sure by using du to seek for actual
> disk usage location.
>
> In a last, desperate resort, I would try to force allocation/release
> of free space through sfill

I'm not familiar with sfill.  What does it do and what package is it
in.  It is not currently installed here.

Marc