Log file removed still taking up space.

From: Michael Segale (msegale@us.ibm.com)
Date: Thu May 26 2005 - 14:23:16 EDT

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All,
      I removed a log file that was in /etc while there was still a process
writing to it and du shows its gone but df shows it still taking up space.
I know the process IDs that were writing to it when I deleted it.
      Anyone have any ideas on recovering the space without rebooting?

Michael Segale Unix Sys Admin
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