Still no space after removing files

Question

I've deleted lots of large files with rm and still df shows no space.

On /dev/sda1 which is 2TB SATA hdd, after deletion I have

3.6MB    .Trash-0
1.5T     downloads
16K      lost+found

But df shows

/dev/sda1 Used: 1.7T   Avail:17G

So how to really purge deleted files?

Are you using df -h or df -H to report free space? you may be seeing the difference between reporting using 1000 vs 1024 bytes per "kb" — amc, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:42

Pablo · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-27 06:50:22Z

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Some application was holding them. After killing the application I was able to see the actual free space.

answered Feb 27, 2012 at 6:50

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