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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: can't remove dir
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:14:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46EA9741.6060303@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070914080926.GA30150@apartia.fr>

Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> While cleaning up /lost+found a directory resisted removal:
> 
> 	sylla:/lost+found# rm 1879629858 -rf
> 	rm: cannot remove directory `1879629858': Directory not empty
> 
> The directory _is_ empty and "-rf" should remove it anyway, so this 
> looks like a fs error.
> 
> This is on debian unstable with 2.6.23-rc6.
> 
> 

Any errors in the system logs?  I'd try most recent xfs_repair next.  If
that doesn't fix it, make an xfs_metadump for Barry to look at.  :)
Make a backup first if you're paranoid.

-Eric

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-09-14 14:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-14  8:09 can't remove dir Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-09-14  8:38 ` [UNSURE] " Justin Piszcz
2007-09-14  8:41   ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-09-14  8:45     ` Justin Piszcz
2007-09-14  9:10     ` David Chinner
2007-09-14  9:27       ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-09-16 22:32         ` David Chinner
2007-09-18  2:43         ` Barry Naujok
2007-09-14 14:14 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2007-09-14 14:18   ` Eric Sandeen
2007-10-17 16:15   ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-10-17 16:18     ` Justin Piszcz
2007-10-17 16:30       ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-10-17 21:24     ` David Chinner
2007-10-18 13:11       ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-10-18 22:07         ` David Chinner
2007-10-19 10:10           ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-10-21 23:50             ` David Chinner
2007-10-22  0:42               ` Barry Naujok
2007-10-22  1:17                 ` David Chinner
2007-10-22  7:04               ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2007-10-18  1:37     ` Barry Naujok

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