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  1. 03-27-2008, 10:43 AM #1
    gtcol
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    Reclaiming space on linux

    Hello all
    I am on RHEL 3 and Oracle 10GR2.
    I had deleted a big datafile with Drop.... but I can't still see the space as free. I can't create any more TS due to lack of space. I found that the OS was not freeing it up. I googled it a lot but all efforts in vain. I would appreciate if anybody could suggest how can I reclaim the space here?
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  2. 03-27-2008, 10:56 AM #2
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    Most probably a process is holding open your file. Space wouldn't be freed
    until the process either exits or closes the file... this happens even if you have removed the file.
    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

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  3. 03-28-2008, 12:51 AM #3
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    Thanks PAVB
    This approach really helped. Fuser -k [FileLocation] and then an updatedb did the job.

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