How to delete a non existant file?

[Martin Duclos]

----------------------------------------> From: kareem-d+8TeBu5bOew5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> To: tlug at ss.org> Subject: RE: [TLUG]: How to delete a non existant file?> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:22:40 -0400>>> -----Original Message----->> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Martin>> Duclos>> Sent: Sunday 23 September 2007 10:42>> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>> Subject: [TLUG]: How to delete a non existant file?>>>>>> I have a directory that contains a file>> ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? 1184898963.V901I2e6138>> I can't delete this file. I can't delete the directory either. I'm think a>> file system check might fix it but I'd rather not have to take the system>> down. It's a remote server and I don't have physical access to it. I has>> no inode, no permission, no owner. I suspect this happened when the box>> went down because of bad ram a while back. Any ideas?>> Definitely sounds like filesystem corruption. I'm not certain, but> depending on the type of filesystem you might be able to run a read-only> check just to determine if there are errors and where they are. Don't think> you'll be able to fix it without taking down the FS.>> Goodluck!>> -kms>>> -->


FS is ext3

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