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DateMon, 15 Jun 1998 23:18:43 -0400 (EDT)
FromJon Lewis <>
SubjectRe: undeletable files in /lost+found
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Joseph Skinner wrote:

> Hi I had a problem with my filesystem and ended up with the /lost+found
> directory full of files which can not be deleted.
> 
> The files have attributes like the following
> 
> 	total 2053687446
> 	b--xr-Sr-x   1 12554    27769     61,  60 Dec  8  2000 #1009
> 	c---rwx-w-   1 26992    14898     48,  48 Jan 14  1994 #1012
> 	br-sr-SrwT   1 30578    14649     53,  50 Jan 21  2026 #1018
> 	br-xrwSr--   1 2660     31024     60,  32 May 31  2000 #1021
> 
> any idea how this sort of file may be deleted?

You'll need to use debugfs and clear the inodes.  /bin/rm just won't do
it.

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