r/linuxmint • u/Baudoinia • 13h ago

Discrepancy in reported remaining root directory space

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I got a warning that I had 0 space left in /, but that's not what 'df -h /' says. Edited: Correction, lsblk says 29G, du -ch / says 23G.

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u/ReverseTornado 13h ago

Did system snapshot try to back up files there and fail because there was not enough space? If so I think it might report zero space and then not copy any files there. Check where system snapshot is backing up files to.

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u/Baudoinia 13h ago

That is probably it, yes. Thanks!!

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u/ReverseTornado 13h ago

Your welcome! Glad I could help.

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u/Relevant_Hope_900 13h ago

So you're wondering why du -ch says you should still have about 6G to be working with. What exactly does df -h show?

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u/Baudoinia 12h ago

FWIW df -h shows 82% used, 5G still available. u/ReverseTornado figured it out though. Thanks.