On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:20:49 +0430, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> the difference between du and df is about 640 - 188 = 452 MB. and "df"
> is showing  that my root is full  2.4 times more than "du".

There is another possibility that no one seems t have mentioned. You may
have files hidden inside a mount point that du is unable to see. To test

mkdir /mnt/tmp
mount --bind / /mnt/tmp

then run your du commands over /mnt/tmp.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make
it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way
is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.
The first method is far more difficult" -C.A.R. Hoare
Neil Bothwick

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