recursive directory

[jludwig]

On Friday 13 May 2005 04:38 pm, Robert Nichols wrote:
> Lokrin wrote:
> > I have a directory that contains one directory and one file. The problem
> > is that somehow it is recursive.  I go into it and it contains it's own
> > directory.  Go into that and you get the same thing.  The TREE commands
> > keeps going.  RM -RF keeps going.  Under Konqueror, trying to delete the
> > directory give a status bar and it reaches up to around 15,000 folders
> > at less then 1% done before it freezes.
> >
> > The directoy is not linked in any fashion.  How can I get rid of it?
>
> Unmount the file system and run "fsck -f" on it.  If you can't unmount
> the file system, running "shutdown -F -r now" will cause a reboot with
> a forced fsck.  That's overkill, but simple to do.  What you are seeing
> is file system corruption, and fsck should fix it.
>
> --
> Bob Nichols         rnichols42 at comcast.net
Thanks I couldn't remember myself.
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John H Ludwig

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