A couple observations: 1) When du can't find a directory, going into that directory and executing a du or an ls causes subsequent invocations of du to find that directory 2) ls -l seems pretty normal
evidence: cindy:/windows$ du --max-depth=1 19456 ./backup . . 1120 ./car du: `./Media': No such file or directory du: `./ext2fs': No such file or directory . . cindy:/windows$ cd Media/ cindy:/windows/Media$ du --max-depth=1 32 ./Music 64 . cindy:/windows/Media$ cd .. cindy:/windows$ du --max-depth=1 19456 ./backup . . 1120 ./car 64 ./Media du: `./ext2fs': No such file or directory cindy:/windows$ ls -ld ext2fs drwxrwx--- 2 root plugdev 32768 2004-05-29 13:33 ext2fs/ cindy:/windows$ cd ext2fs/ cindy:/windows/ext2fs$ ls -l total 928 -rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 6724 2002-04-20 19:24 changes.txt* -rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 17984 1998-06-19 19:29 copying.txt* -rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 25956 1999-07-22 00:45 diskio2.dll* -rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 527 2006-03-31 14:35 explore2fs debug log.txt* -rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 780800 2002-10-20 16:56 explore2fs.exe* -rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 6263 2000-07-11 23:24 readme.txt* Now that we've "looked" at ext2fs, du finds it: cindy:/windows$ du --max-depth=1 19456 ./backup . . 1120 ./car 64 ./Media 960 ./ext2fs The machine is running edgy. The partition is vfat, mounted without utf-8: cindy:/windows$ mount |grep windows /dev/hda1 on /windows type vfat (rw,umask=007,gid=46) -- du reports existing files as missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53388 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
