Drop TS problem

I have followed the below procedure to drop undo tablespace.
SQL>alter tablespace undotbs1 offline;
SQL>drop tablespace undotbs1 including contents and datafiles;
But still the datafile exists at the operating system level and space is not released.Why this kind of behaviour?
DB version is 9.2.0.6
Thank you
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user543108

Check this old thread,
Re: Tablespace drop - didn't reclaim space on the server
Quote,
Bug 6316479 - RDBMS DOES NOT CLOSE FILE HANDLE ON DROPPED DATAFILE
Looks like this bug is a hit of your situation. Since it applies to 10.2.0.3, I guess Oracle didn't provide a solution at this point. Restart seems the only workaround.

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