X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=n1JqMVLUNKxd6HLt qoJDYaZWKZulWDGSMe7NuNS8FuwFDDXq73XXvG/0g6LgDNdasdPGLquWcJTnimtA f+Izt5VafAku3wVejjHr4QBMfjrtFd4IjzwFYXDMxOERpmtl1Yl3XJNJAmWZ/N5/ 9A6pdqfACJWobwQJHKTwYN7PzIc= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=mWra71IOGYVdsgbzMYsj2O ZgUAw=; b=PVJzpDRYnuN5f31gTNriJau/CkIBzzAYp3Ko07c8T1HpwjlV9s5pQU oTtZmQBbPxzsw3zMQY0S8ifZwP7aAaB0Qe8FELZ5iIqEyn/29MtzJYZcpp3EJbgz bsRJjtvYDsbcMe4V3Epdsiuukwp1pgM02JIa6dMfPleIo1IN6GnBI= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173021pub.verizon.net Message-id: <539E4D3A.8050702@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:49:46 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: removing files leaves less free space? References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 06/14/2014 07:15 PM, Will Parsons wrote: > Some time ago (for reasons I cannot remember) I decided to make a > clean reinstallation of Cygwin, so as a safety measure I renamed the > old installation to cygwin.old. After finally deciding I didn't need > cygwin.old any more, I deleted it with: > > rm -Rf cygwin.old > > The command took much longer to complete than I expected, but what's > more surprising is that there is less available space (5Gb as > indicated by df) after performing the deletion than before. Does > anyone have an idea on why? Could be a problem with your disk. You should check that. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple