Space previously occupied by deleted files does not reappear as "available"

Recently discovered I had 21 Gig of user files duplicated on the hard drive which I promptly deleted. However when I get info the space previously occupied by the now deleted files doesn't seem to increase the amount of space available on the HD for other use. Is this something built-in to 10.5?

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Hello,
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Strange Missing File does not allow FCP to Start Cleanly

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File does not exist?

I am producing a weekly music review podcast. The page's information is on is http://haveyouheardmusic.blogspot.com
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Hello,
As far as I can see from my system, this is a simple HTML document, with some links to other HTML document on the same directory, dealing with the Oracle HTTP server. The file was probably deleted by mistakes, and should not affect the server work. The simplest solution will be to just copy it from another OHS.
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Message was edited by: Bill Hunt - Added graphics

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Solved!
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Hi Mike! Thanks for replying!
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hello,
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