Re: Need to remove a ghost file, but can't because it doesn't exist

[hdv@jadev.org (J.A. de Vries)]

On 2006-11-15 @ 17:47:40 (week 46) Greg Folkert wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 15:02 +0000, J.A. de Vries wrote:
> [...snip...]
> > #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > # cd ~/Maildir/.Applications.\[vim\]/cur
> > # ls 1141914051.*
> > ls: 1141914051.M484859P8695V0000000000000309Ip0007553_0.draupnir,S=3707:2,S: No such file or directory
> > #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> How about using bash and tab completion which is double-strike the <tab>
> key.
> 
>         bash
>         rm 114194051<tab><tab>
> 
> That should get you the fully escaped filename, then pressing enter
> should delete it.

Hi Greg,

Sorry, didn't write that before, but I had tried that already.

By now I am convinced it is not the filename, nor any escaping in bash.

Right now I think/hope that reisrfsck is my best bet. I'll keep my
fingers crossed...

Thanks for trying to help.

Grx HdV