Copying a file returns "No space left on device"
Issue
- Copying a file returns "No space left on device" even though there is space:
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 56G 26G 27G 50% /
/dev/sda1 99M 25M 70M 26% /boot
/dev/sdx1 50G 40G 7.3G 85% /mountpoint
$ cp /path/to/sourcefile.tar.gz /mountpoint/directory/
cp: overwrite `/mountpoint/directory/file.tar.gz'? y
cp: writing `/mountpoint/directory/file.tar.gz': No space left on device
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (
kernel-2.6.18-128.el5
) - ext3 Filesystem
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