For those who would like to know, apparently a multibyte or wide character in the file name caused major problems. The rm command clobbered the name, and removed the directory listing, but was unable to actually remove the file, and subsequently any further rm or rmdir commands failed, with an error report that the directory was non-empty (which is true)
Here's the error listing knop...@microknoppix:/media/hdc1/windows/SendTo$ stat 3* File: `3\275 Floppy (A).lnk' Size: 129 Blocks: 64 IO Block: 32768 regular file Device: 1601h/5633d Inode: 43011 Links: 1 Access: (0777/-rwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/ knoppix) Gid: ( 1000/ knoppix) Access: 2007-12-26 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 Modify: 2005-04-23 14:46:24.000000000 +0000 Change: 2005-04-23 15:48:36.000000000 +0000 The stat command fails: cp: cannot stat `./windows/SendTo/3\275 Floppy (A).lnk': Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character The \275 is some type of multibyte character? On 9/10/10, website reader <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, I took the hammer to the folder and removed it. > > 1. I tried to stop the ntfs mount under Knoppix, not successful, so I > did an init 6 command to stop Knoppix > > 2. I then yanked the hard-drive off the computer and mounted it on my > Windows XP system. > > 3. I then successfully remove the 2 folders. > > 4. I then could NOT remove the USB mounted drive, so I had to kill Windows > XP > > 5. After Windows XP came down, I yanked the hard drive off the system > > 6. I remounted the hard drive under Knoppix again. > > 7. I am currently doing a vfat partition to ntfs partition backup under > Knoppix > > I honestly think that I had a file that should be used to troubleshoot > a bug in the mount.ntfs thread under linux. Apparently I had a file > or directory that the linux OS cannot handle > > Sigh.. this has consumed some time, and forced me to reboot 2 systems > to successfully remove that pesky file. > > Anyways, problem solved. > > > On 9/10/10, website reader <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here's the result of the "stat filename" command - >> >> r...@microknoppix:/media/sdc2/Windows-98/windows# stat SendTo >> File: `SendTo' >> Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory >> Device: 822h/2082d Inode: 155231 Links: 1 >> Access: (0777/drwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) >> Access: 2010-09-11 05:34:46.000000000 +0000 >> Modify: 2010-09-11 05:34:33.000000000 +0000 >> Change: 2010-09-11 05:34:33.000000000 +0000 >> r...@microknoppix:/media/sdc2/Windows-98/windows# >> >> I still cannot remove this folder from the NTFS partition. >> >> I am trying to carefully archive data from a corrupted system and >> running under Knoppix 6.01 CD so I can safely do this. >> >> >> >> On 9/10/10, website reader <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Sorry for misleading the general reader, I DO understand that "." and >>> ".." are in the file structure. >>> >>> There IS some type of hidden file in the folder. >>> >>> I tried using the "stat filename" command to locate the inode and then >>> use the "find . -inum inode# -exec rm -i -d -r * \;" command but it >>> still won't delete the folder. >>> >>> Is there any lower level command that can actually go in and remove that >>> inode? >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9/10/10, Ron Braithwaite <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Sep 10, 2010, at 10:54 PM, website reader wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am unable to delete two files on a hard-drive that originally was in >>>>> a ntfs partition. >>>>> The files are named "." and ".." >>>>> >>>>> Trying to use the rm -r -f command fails as does the rmdir command. I >>>>> tried renaming them but that fails too. >>>>> >>>>> I really need to remove these two files, how can I tell the linux OS >>>>> that they are not being used as a folder relocation command and >>>>> actually remove them? >>>> >>>> Well, the reason you can't remove them is that "." is your current >>>> directory >>>> and ".." is the parent directory. >>>> >>>> May I suggest reading: >>>> >>>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/understanding-unixlinux-file-system-part-i.html >>>> >>>> -Ron >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PLUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
