Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> I'm trying to remember a trick (probably in O'Reilly's _UNIX Power
> Tools_) for removing files by inode. Trying to remember what it was or
> in what context it worked.
Unmount the filesystem, then do
wh@frodo:~ > /sbin/debugfs
debugfs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
debugfs: open -w /dev/device_with_file_system
debugfs: clri <11>
debugfs: quit
wh@frodo:~ > /sbin/e2fsck -f /dev/device_with_file_system
e2fsck 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Entry 'random name' in / (2) has deleted/unused inode 11. Clear<y>? yes
...
Use the inode number of the file you want to clear instead of 11.
Walter
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