Delete corrupt file

hagman · 07-25-2004, 02:21 PM

I have managed to get a file on my hd which I can't remove. It's really a catalog. The file perms are wicked and there unchangeable.

Some examples on how weird the file is.

du -sh CD1

Quote:

1.9T CD1

... and no I don't have 2TB harddrive.

cat CD1

Quote:

cat: CD1: Input/output error

ls -l

Quote:

total 1986481518
--wSrws-wt 46196 4109071067 4107103974 4783134559242991128 1922-01-16 10:07 CD1

what the?

rm -fr CD1

Quote:

rm: cannot remove `CD1': Operation not permitted

lsattr CD1

Quote:

s---iadAc-I-- CD1

chattr -i CD1 pretty much puts my beloved slackbox in the freezer.
The file system is ext3

wapcaplet · 07-25-2004, 02:33 PM

That is odd. Lots of attributes you don't normally see (check out the chattr manpage); not only immutable, but compressed, append-only... does it work to chattr -siadAcI CD1?

kevinalm · 07-25-2004, 02:38 PM

If it were me I'd boot a rescue cd and run the fstype appropriate fsck command on the drive. Maybe someone else has a better idea.

Tinkster · 07-25-2004, 02:41 PM

Well now ... that looks majorly odd to me, too :)

1.9 billion files in that file-system?
I mean, my system is reasonably slim with ~ 310,000 files,
even if installed Gnome and a truckload of other gimmicks
I don't think I'd easily even double that ... :)

The thing is not a regular file, but a fifo?

My wild guess here would be that ext3 has packed
a sad on you...

Cheers,
Tink

hagman · 07-26-2004, 03:15 PM

I am currently running fsck.ext3 for the third time, the (humongous) file seems to be gone (just did a quick check). But there are still a number (119) bad blocks left. I think I'm gonna make it run automatically a few more times during the night. Then I'll come back.