I have deleted a Log file from a linux server that was occupying 30 GB of memory , but after deleting the memory still occupied and don't know what is the problem , like if the log file was not deleted just transfered somewhere , I have looked over all directories but I don't find it .
What do you suggest ?
The log file wasn't transferred anywhere. Currently it has no names at all (so you won't find it in any directory), but it still exists and occupies space because it's still in use – i.e. held open by the service that's writing to it.
As soon as you restart that service, the file will have 0 names and 0 open file descriptors, and its space will be marked as free.
