Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:50:00 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Wrong file size, is it dangerous? |
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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Michael K Vance wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > > The attributes in the file show that it is normal. Not necessarily > > okay, but a normal file with rw attributes. You should be able > > to remove this file. > > Right. I was dealing with *totally* garbage files... character devices and > block devices with major and minor numbers in that were invalid, etc. I would > get "operation not permitted" messages when trying to do anything such as rm > and lsattr. > > m.
And good news. He was able to delete the rogue file with no problem.
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.2.2 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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