Re: How do I remove a bad file??

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Wed, 02 May 2012 15:39:05 -0400, Dan wrote in message 
<[🔎] 4FA18D59.9010404@kempt.net>:

> Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 May 2012 07:04:55 +0200, Jochen wrote in message 
> > <[🔎] 20120502050455.GA25123@well-adjusted.de>:
> > 
> >> Dennis Wicks:
> >>> Greetings;
> >>>
> >>> I have a file that looks like the following in an ls list;
> >>>
> >>> -????????? ? ?    ?             ?                ? Inbox.msf
> >>>
> >>> I can't do anything with it. Can't mv, rm, cp, or anything else I
> >>> have thought of to get rid of it or write over it.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas how I can get this thing out of my life??
> >> Fsck the filesystem.
> > 
> > ..first, umount it right _now!_
> > 
> > ..if Inbox.msf is your email,...
> 
> That looks like a Mozilla SeaMonkey or Thunderbird mail _index_ file.
> 
> If it is, it can be deleted and SeaMonkey/Thunderbird will re-create
> it (from the corresponding mail data file) the next time the
> corresponding mail folder is opened/viewed.
> 
> In my experience (as a long-time Mozilla user and occasional mail file
> hacker--but _not_ developer or expert), the only thing the OP might
> lose is his or her choice of display order (by date vs. sender, etc.,
> and whether threaded display or not).

..that sounds like the very best case scenario.

-- 
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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.