On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 23:06, jdow wrote: > From: "WipeOut" <wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Thanks to everyone for your help.. > > > > I could not work out how to umount / so I could run fsck(as was > suggested).. > > > > So I just switched off the PC (not very elegant, I am sure there must be > > a better and safer way) then when it started and was mounting the drive > > it asked to do a full check to which I said yes.. It found errors and I > > then entered the password for root to get into maintainance mode and ran > > "fsck", this found illegal filenames to files that were not visable > > using any "ls" switches that I could find.. it then repaired the illegal > > filenames and then I was able to kill the directory.. > > > > Lets hope I never have that again.. > > > > Thanks again.. > > > > Later.. > > Fix your machine or it will happen again. Finding more than one such > directory or file indicates your machine hardware is not reliable enough > to use on anything serious. > I had something similar to this once. If your error reoccurs you might be interested in how I fixed it: 1. Move everything out of the directory that contains the one with the wierd name. Assume it is called foo. 2. cd .. rm -rf foo It worked a treat Just a FYI :) JDL
