07-19-2019
Like MadeInGermany, I'm not a MAC user either so I'm now going to talk generic Unix/Linux only. You will need a MAC expert to guide you if you want to use anything I'm going to say now.
Many Unix/Linux OS's implement an often undocumented command called clri which will destroy an inode (by writing zeros to it). A nuclear option. A quick search on Google tells me that MacOS implements this command too. I also see that it implements fsck_hfs.
Therefore my final nuclear option on an OS I'm expert on would be:
1. Ensure that you have just completed a backup of the filesystem (and perhaps preferably the whole system) and know how to restore if it goes wrong. Keep users off afterwards.
2. ls -li has given you the inode number of zombie so run clri to nuke it. BE CAREFUL to specify the correct filesystem on the command line if you have more than one filesystem otherwise you could zap the wrong inode. I cannot give you the MacOS syntax. Try man clri to see if it's offically documented.
3. Once the inode is nuked go into single user mode and run fsck_hfs. The allocated blocks for zombie should show as "missing blocks" and the utility should ask your okay to fix the superblock.
Now I repeat, this is a generic suggestion and you should await input from a MacOS expert on here as to whether they think this method is a goer. I take no responsibility whatsoever but it is how I would fix such a problem on some Unix/Linux filesystems.
This will be my last post to this thread because I'm out of my comfort zone.
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ctype_graph
CTYPE_GRAPH(3) 1 CTYPE_GRAPH(3)
ctype_graph - Check for any printable character(s) except space
SYNOPSIS
bool ctype_graph (string $text)
DESCRIPTION
Checks if all of the characters in the provided string, $text, creates visible output.
PARAMETERS
o $text
- The tested string.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if every character in $text is printable and actually creates visible output (no white space), FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
A ctype_graph(3) example
<?php
$strings = array('string1' => "asdf
", 'string2' => 'arf12', 'string3' => 'LKA#@%.54');
foreach ($strings as $name => $testcase) {
if (ctype_graph($testcase)) {
echo "The string '$name' consists of all (visibly) printable characters.
";
} else {
echo "The string '$name' does not consist of all (visibly) printable characters.
";
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
The string 'string1' does not consist of all (visibly) printable characters.
The string 'string2' consists of all (visibly) printable characters.
The string 'string3' consists of all (visibly) printable characters.
NOTES
Note
If an integer between -128 and 255 inclusive is provided, it is interpreted as the ASCII value of a single character (negative val-
ues have 256 added in order to allow characters in the Extended ASCII range). Any other integer is interpreted as a string contain-
ing the decimal digits of the integer.
SEE ALSO
ctype_alnum(3), ctype_print(3), ctype_punct(3).
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