Some process had the file still open. When you remove a file, you just
unlink its directory entry. When the usage count of the inode falls to
zero, then the file is truly deleted. The usage count includes the
number of directory [hard] links, _and_ the number of times the file is
opened. Once that process closes the file, the space is reclaimed.
--Brian Gerst
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