Re: /.journal, /root-n
On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 02:26:43AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> I have a file in the root directory, /.journal, big, but it hasn't
> been written or accessed in years. I suppose this must be an early
> ext3 artifact and today's ext3's journal is hidden. I suppose I'll
> remove it. My other ext3 partitions have no such file.
>
> While we're at it, there's an empty file, /root-n that hasn't been
> accessed for months. Wonder what that is all about? Safe to remove?
> $ dlocate /root-n
> gives nothing, i.e. another Debian "unregistered stray dog" mystery file.
Have you tried "file"?
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