[SunHELP] filesystem question

[Edward Chase]

OK, that much I understand.

In my scenerio, if I "cd /opt/lost+found/#028482", it's as if I've "cd /"

The directory #028482 basically appears to be empty, at least according to 
"du", but if I do an "ls", I see all the same things I would if I had done 
a "cd /; ls".

Not that it makes sense to me, but their appears to be some relation 
between "/opt/lost+found/#028482" and "/"

I'm wondering that if I delete "/opt/lost+found/#028482", would I somehow 
be deleting "/"?  Which, of course, would be most tragic.



At 10:55 PM 5/2/2001 +0100, Fletcher, Joe wrote:

>It describes the contents of "lost+found" as being recovered data that may
>potentially be of use to you. Analysis of the contents of the directory may
>lead you to recover stuff that otherwise might be lost. It must be said
>though that most of the time the recovered stuff is useless wihtout a large
>amount of work being done on it. It's usually fragments at best.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Edward Chase [mailto:echase at postoffice.providence.edu]
>Sent: 2 May 2001 18:55
>To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>Subject: RE: [SunHELP] filesystem question
>
>
>I'm sorry, but I don't see how this reply adds anything or helps me out???
>
>
>At 01:15 PM 5/2/2001 -0400, Foust, Kal E wrote:
> >I don't know if things have changed regarding filesystems to the point that
> >these entries are no longer relevant.  My understanding is that
>"lost+found"
> >'directories' are created automatically when you build the filesystem.
>They
> >are used by <fsck> in emergencies and so should not be deleted without
> >diligence.  There purpose being that if <fsck> finds a file whose parent
> >directory is unknown, it puts the file into the "lost+found" directory at
> >the top level of the filesystem.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Edward Chase [mailto:echase at postoffice.providence.edu]
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 9:47 AM
> >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> >Subject: Re: [SunHELP] filesystem question
> >
> >
> >It certainly doesn't appear to be...
> >
> >The first character when doing an "ls" is a "d", not an "l".
> >
> >
> >
> >At 08:27 AM 5/2/2001 +0100, Will Mc Donald wrote:
> > >Is #028482 a symlink? I have no idea what it is or why it's there but if
>it
> > >is a symlink you're *probably* safe to delete it.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Edward Chase" <echase at postoffice.providence.edu>
> > >To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 9:09 PM
> > >Subject: [SunHELP] filesystem question
> > >
> > >
> > > > I was just nosing around a machine and found the following...
> > > >
> > > > If I "cd /opt/lost+found"
> > > > I see a directory "#028482"
> > > > If I "cd #028482", I end up at "/"
> > > >
> > > > I've unmounted the /opt filesystem and fsck'd it.  There are currently
> >no
> > > > errors.
> > > >
> > > > What's happening here?
> > > > Can I "cd /opt/lost+found" and "rmdir #028482" safely?
> > > > If "rmdir" doesn't work, should I "rm -rf #028482"?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Solaris 2.5.1, if it's of any importance...
>
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