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Hi,

I'm trying to delete some files that are causing a script to malfunction. I cannot seem to remove them even with -f. I have tried chmod and chown and they don't seem to be affected the files at all. they have weird dates listings, too. Here is their listing:

Code:

br-xr-xrwt  29561 538995051 538996015   0, 107 Oct 23  2030 10643471516118.htm
c---r-----  8224 8224     8224      32,  32 Jan 29  1987 106434721073133.htm

How do I delete these files?

Hi

I think u need write permissions to delete a file .
Correct me if i m wromg

chrs
Rahul

You need a write permission for the directory holding a file so that you can delete the file under a directory. so do

ls -d TheDirectoryHoldingTheFile

and see or share the output with us. if the directory is not writable. use chmod +w DirectoryName for the directory

regards
emil babayev

That looks to me like a damaged filesystem. If you delete those files you may destroy the filesystem or panic the os. First you should prove that the fs is in an impossible state. Your first file is claiming a link count of 29561 so check to see if there are 29560 other links to that file. Do a "ls -li" on the file to see the inode number. Then do a find command resticted to the file system looking for that inode number. If you don't find 29561 links, the filesystem is hosed.

You can attempt to repair it, but you may need to rebuild it. I can't get any more specific since you didn't give your os and fs type.