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Old 10-04-2011
Files.... undeletable.
I've some files created by a script.
For some reason last time the script run was interrupted for an error and the files produced by the script are undeletable.


i've tryed as root with command 'rm' and even if i got no error in command execution the files are still there.
These are the files:
Code:
-rw-r--r--  1 nsm  4544256 Oct  4 13:32 20111003-Bologna.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 nsm  5974396 Oct  4 12:17 20111003-Firenze.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 nsm 24401362 Oct  4 13:32 20111003-FW6.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 nsm 18478087 Oct  4 13:05 20111003-Genova.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 nsm  9787330 Oct  4 12:31 20111003-Napoli.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 nsm  5133364 Oct  4 12:14 20111003-Palermo.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 nsm 26527517 Oct  4 13:32 20111003-Verona.txt

The folder where they resides is not a particular folder as the path is tmp/folderSmilie

The system is a FreeBSD.
Last edited by Scott; 10-04-2011 at 10:08 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 10-04-2011
Initially try with rm -f filename.txt If not satisfied then try like this ..
Code:
$ find /tmp/folder -name "*.txt" -type f -exec rm -f {} \;

# 3  
Old 10-04-2011
Hi, tnX for answer.
I've tried also rm -f without success but...

renaming the file and then deleting it works. I ignore the reason...

---------- Post updated at 03:20 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:16 PM ----------

Sorry. Works with max part of files.
There are still 2 files i cannot rename.

---------- Post updated at 03:21 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:20 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by jayan_jay
Code:
$ find /tmp/folder -name "*.txt" -type f -exec rm -f {} \;


Is this a script or a command i need to execute manually?

---------- Post updated at 03:39 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:21 PM ----------

Update.

I've removed the last 2 files by renaming the folder that contain them and after i was able to simply 'rm' the 2 files...
Very strange. I cannot give an explanation to this.Smilie

---------- Post updated at 04:09 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:39 PM ----------

ooops. The problem still persit: if i recreate a folder with the same name the files magically appear again in the folders.
# 4  
Old 10-04-2011
We appreciate the updates (really!), but perhaps you should run a fsck on the filesystem.

What type of filesystem is it?
# 5  
Old 10-04-2011
I also was thinking that something got corrupted...

But its a freebsd where runs a juniper system (NSM) i'm not sure about what kind of check disk use...
# 6  
Old 10-04-2011
If there's something odd about the pathnames involved, it's very possible that it will not show up when you copy/paste a simple ls listing.

If you'd like to improve the quality of assistance, at the very least provide the results of piping ls or find through hexdump -C.

And to be thorough, it would not be a bad idea to post the script that's generating these "undeletable" files, the parameters used to mount the filesystem on which the files reside, and any information regarding flags and acls in effect for the pathnames in question.

Regards and good luck,
Alister
# 7  
Old 10-07-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott
We appreciate the updates (really!), but perhaps you should run a fsck on the filesystem.

What type of filesystem is it?
I've tryed with command fsck but i got this warning:
Code:
[root@NsmTest2010 /]# fsck
fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 is mounted.

WARNING!!!  Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause
SEVERE filesystem damage.

Do you really want to continue (y/n)?

I think i have to unmount the volum before run the fsck but i'm not sure how... and if is a dangerous operation.

This is the df -T output:
Code:
Filesystem    Type   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2     ext3     5036316    145388   4635096   4% /
none         tmpfs     2076104         0   2076104   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda10    ext3     4032092   2018272   1808996  53% /tmp
/dev/sda8     ext3    20161172   6610124  12526908  35% /usr
/dev/sda6     ext3    85088380  35741324  45024772  45% /var
/dev/sda5     ext3    50394964     86084  47748924   1% /var/cores
/dev/sdb2     ext2   235271996 183597636  39723208  83% /var/netscreen/DevSvr
/dev/sda3     ext2    50394996    518616  47316424   2% /var/netscreen/DevSvr/profiler_data
/dev/sda7     ext3    20161172   5453656  13683376  29% /var/netscreen/GuiSvr

Is possible to check only the /tmp folder?

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags. A tutorial, just for you Smilie
Last edited by Scott; 10-07-2011 at 01:02 PM.. Reason: Code tags
 
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