Gora Mohanty wrote: > > Don't know then. If your description is accurate, this makes little > sense. Spaces in a directory/file name are quite valid, and I do not > know why renaming it would change things. One thing that you should > probably do right away is unmount the directory (if it is mounted > somewhere other than below /), and run fsck on the partition. If the > directory is just a sub-directory on /, use a live CD or distro CD > in rescue mode, and run fsck on /. File-system corruption could > conceivably be a source of this problem, though I do not see how it > would lead to the symptoms that you describe. > > Regards, > Gora > > > Hi
Well after thinking that the problem was solved and needing to run fsck I cam across the same probblem. 1. The offending folders (now up from one to 2) were sourced from a USB Disk - 256 MB Capacity. When we load the disk and try and check its size in properties the size continues running upto 2.3 gb and then it slowly creeps up. I tried to delete it from the USB Disk it said permission denied , I chmod 777 'ed the entre disk and was operating from sudo - and then tried to delete it it simply refused. So I have isolated the USB Disk (keeping it safely in my inner pocket) but there are residual problems. That similar files exists in the backups I had taken earlier. So If I run fsck , what precautions should I take - and how should I go about it. regards ram _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
