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2017 Jul 31
5
claiming unsused space back
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> Currently I?m using dd if=/dev/zero of=/mytempfile and remove that file
> to claim that unused space. Any automatic way of doing a similar thing
> in CentOS? I have googled for it but I have only found Debian commands.
>
> Thanks in advance!
I may be blind, but I don't seehow that technique can "reclaim" any space.
all it does is fill up all the space not allocated to other files by creating
one large file that occupies all otherwise unused disk space.
presumably you'll delete that file once it is created, but you won't have
any more free disk space t...
2017 Jul 31
1
claiming unsused space back
...gt;
> Currently I?m using dd if=/dev/zero of=/mytempfile and remove that file
> to claim that unused space. Any automatic way of doing a similar thing
> in CentOS? I have googled for it but I have only found Debian commands.
>
> Thanks in advance!
I may be blind, but I don't seehow that technique can "reclaim" any space.
all it does is fill up all the space not allocated to other files by creating
one large file that occupies all otherwise unused disk space.
presumably you'll delete that file once it is created, but you won't have
any more free disk space t...
2017 Jul 31
0
claiming unsused space back
On Jul 31, 2017, at 7:50 AM, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 08:28:49AM -0500, Leroy Tennison wrote:
>> dd to totally fill the partition
>
> I may be blind, but I don't seehow that technique can "reclaim" any space.
In addition to the OP?s qemu case, zeroing the free space can also be valuable when building binary OS images from physical media.
The first time you do it with a fresh drive, the disk image contains only what you put onto the drive. Then later w...
2017 Jul 31
0
claiming unsused space back
...gt;
> Currently I?m using dd if=/dev/zero of=/mytempfile and remove that file
> to claim that unused space. Any automatic way of doing a similar thing
> in CentOS? I have googled for it but I have only found Debian commands.
>
> Thanks in advance!
I may be blind, but I don't seehow that technique can "reclaim" any space.
all it does is fill up all the space not allocated to other files by creating
one large file that occupies all otherwise unused disk space.
presumably you'll delete that file once it is created, but you won't have
any more free disk space t...
2017 Jul 29
4
claiming unsused space back
Hi,
I?m running a CentOS server in a VPS. Backups of the VPS take quite
much space if I don?t claim unused space.
Currently I?m using dd if=/dev/zero of=/mytempfile and remove that file
to claim that unused space. Any automatic way of doing a similar thing
in CentOS? I have googled for it but I have only found Debian commands.
Thanks in advance!
Miguel