Ed Greshko wrote:

> On 12/11/17 20:11, Neal Becker wrote:
>> Since last boot, I've got this strange symptom. Filesystem is btrfs.  If
>> I list my home dir with dired under emacs I see:
>>
>>     -rwxrwxr-x. 1 nbecker nbecker      207 Dec  3  2015 BACKUP.sh
>>     -?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ? .bash_history
>>     -?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ? .bash_history
>>     -?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ? .bash_history
>>     -?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ? .bash_history
>>
>> Attempt to list with ls gives:
>>   /usr/bin/ls: cannot access '/home/nbecker/./.bash_history': No such
>>   file
>> or directory
>>
>>
>> I think this means there is a directory entry, but the file doesn't
>> exist?
>> Any suggestion to most reliably repair the damage?  I don't care about
>> losing the content of this file.
> 
> 
> I assume you're executing the commands as yourself.  If you "su -" and
> become root do you see any difference?
> 
> 

No, same result as root
sudo ls -la .
[sudo] password for nbecker: 
ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '.bash_history': No such file or directory
total 11548
...
-?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ?  .bash_history
-?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ?  .bash_history
-?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ?  .bash_history
-?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ?  .bash_history
-?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ?  .bash_history
-?????????? ? ?       ?              ?            ?  .bash_history
...
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