On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Philip Guenther <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Ryan Flannery <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> I can get the inode of the file with ls(1), and used that to write the >> following program which I thought would help, but sadly it too fails. > ... >> /* open directory */ >> DIR *usr; >> if ((usr = opendir("/usr")) == NULL) >> err(1, "failed to opendir"); > ... >> /* cross fingers */ >> printf("\n\nattempting to unlink...\n"); >> if (unlink(entry->d_name) < 0) >> err(1, "failure, crack 'nother beer"); > ... >> Questions: >> 1. Any whacks of a clue-stick would be greatly appreciated. > > So you listed /usr and found the problem name and then you try to > remove that file from your current directory. Is your current > directory /usr ?
Gaaaaah! That was it. This is what happens when you decide to "drink till ya fix it" Many Thanks -Ryan
