On 03/28/2017 09:58 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
On 2017-03-28 10:56, . . wrote:
I'm unable to delete one file which lists as 'Stale file handle' on a
jfs file system. I've read I should be able to do so with inode.
Unfortunately, 'ls -i' doesn't report an inode. It displays a
question mark and file name. Is there another way?
"Stale file handle" probably means you should give a reboot; usually,
it means that the mountpoint is kinda flaky. And the question mark as
a filename may point toward corruption -- I'd *strongly* recommend an
fsck, ASAP.
Good luck!
-Ken
I'd done an fsck and rebooted straightaway. It's but one file and I was
able to rename its directory and rebuild the original directory with the
original name and a copy of the offending file without corruption. I
then nuked all but the offending file in the renamed directory.
I've checked the entire partition and only the one file reports as bad.
It's apparently not causing problems but it bugs me.
If there's no way to nuke the file does the following make sense?
1) Copy the partition containing the problem file to a blank partition,
omitting the partition containing the problem file.
2) Reformat the problem partition.
3) Copy the created partition to the reformatted partition.
