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SubjectRe: undeletable files in /lost+found
FromPierfrancesco Caci <>
Date20 Jun 1998 18:25:20 +0200
Joseph Skinner <joe@snail.earthlight.co.nz> writes:

> 
> Thank for all the suggestions.
> 
> The rm command from debugfs seems to have done the job [fingers
> crossed].
> 
> For those interested in the gory details I used the -f switch with all
> the commands stored in a file to save time ie.
> 
> debugfs -w -f commandfile /dev/hda2
> 
> Where commandfile contained
> 
> cd /lost+found
> rm filename
> ...
> close
> quit
> 
> 

Ok, does someone know how to get rid of these:

root@penny:/home/lost+found # ls -lasR
total 75
  10 drwxrwxr-x   3 jnos     staff       10240 Dec 24 19:48 #101601
   2 drwxrwxr-x   3 ik5pvx   staff        2048 Dec 24 19:48 #34548
  62 drwxrwxr-x   4 root     root        62464 Jun  7 18:33 .
   1 drwxrwxr-x   8 root     root         1024 Dec 13  1997 ..

#101601:
total 82
  10 drwxrwxr-x   3 jnos     staff       10240 Dec 24 19:48 .
  10 drwxrwxr-x   3 jnos     staff       10240 Dec 24 19:48 .
  62 drwxrwxr-x   4 root     root        62464 Jun  7 18:33 ..

#34548:
total 126
   2 drwxrwxr-x   3 ik5pvx   staff        2048 Dec 24 19:48 .
  62 drwxrwxr-x   4 root     root        62464 Jun  7 18:33 ..
  62 drwxrwxr-x   4 root     root        62464 Jun  7 18:33 ..
root@penny:/home/lost+found # 


the double "." and ".." entries prevent the directory to be deleted.

Pf

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