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The Commands "du" and "df" Show Different Filesystem Consumption and "lsof" is not Usable (Doc ID 2637305.1)

Last updated on JUNE 09, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

The filesystem is almost full. There is a big difference between "df" and "du" commands.

The command "lsof" hang due to a huge NFS mounted share.

Changes

 

Cause

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