Re: cleaning up lost+found
"Petr [Dingo] Dvorak" <dingo@pdragon.inetsolve.com> writes:
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Lehel Bernadt wrote:
>
> LB> On 26-Jul-2000 Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>
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> OM> in /home/lost+found that I can't seems to remove. Not even as root!
>
> -- snip --
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> LB> They probably have the immutable attribute set. Remove it with chattr.
>
> I have the same problem, mine happened after the machine got nudged by power
> outage:
>
> cr-Srw-r-- 1 25402 29706 115, 58 Oct 9 1999 fontsmpl.sty
>
> i tried to use chattr to change the attributes:
>
> warlord.root /lost+found/bad_device # chattr -c -S fontsmpl.sty
> chattr: No such device while reading flags on fontsmpl.sty
>
> but no such luck, i tried about every destructive command i can think of, but
> this thing is impervious to everything what i throw on it :)
Same thing here. Actually, I get some other reponses as well.
chattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on <filename>
chattr: Invalid argument while reading flags on <other_filename>
chattr: No such device while reading flags on <yet_another_filename>
The total number of messages equals the total number of files I try it
on, so there are no files that cause multiple messages. I've looked
for a pattern in the file permissions of the files associated with the
same error message, but if there is one I didn't see it.
If someone has any clues I'd like to know. If necessary I can mail
whatever extra info you think you need. TIA,
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Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
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