disk usage discrepancy

From: Dan Kirkpatrick <dkirk_at_suhep.phy.syr.edu>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 10:10:20 -0400

Can someone explain the following discrepancy?

root> du -s -k /var
409716 /var

root> df -k .
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/rz2a 993527 723205 170969 81% /var

409716kb is nowhere near 723205kb

Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks,
Dan
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Computer Systems Manager
Department of Physics
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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