ls --version ls (GNU coreutils) 5.97 An fsck did it :) and had the source restored by checkout -f
Think Jan is right, there is a diff between the two... On 10/15/07, Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Oct 14 2007 09:27, Mark Lord wrote: > >> Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: > >>> On Sat, 2007-10-13 22:40:23 +0530, vignesh babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> I was surprised and did an ls -l on the files and guess what I found: > >>>> > >>>> total 0 > >>>> ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? fcntl.c > >>>> ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? fifo.c > >>>> ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? filesystems.c > >>>> ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? file_table.c > >>>> ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? freevxfs > >>>> > >>>> So end result is that, Im not able to delete the files or change perms > >>>> or ownership even as root. > >>> Most probably, your filesystem is broken and needs a fsck. > >> No, this is perfectly normal behaviour, for when a directory > >> has READ permissions but not EXECUTE permissions. > > > > Er, close. > > > > 16:02 ichi:/dev/shm > md a > > 16:02 ichi:/dev/shm > touch a/b > > 16:02 ichi:/dev/shm > chmod 644 a > > 16:02 ichi:/dev/shm > ls -l a > > /bin/ls: cannot access a/b: Permission denied > > total 0 > > -????????? ? ? ? ? ? b > > 16:02 ichi:/dev/shm > ls --version > > ls (GNU coreutils) 6.9 > > > > > > There is a difference .. "-?????????" vs "?---------". > > That's just a version difference for GNU ls. > Here, with ls (GNU coreutils) 5.97 it gives this: > > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? a/b > > > -- ---------------------------------------------- "Why is it that every time I'm with you, makes me believe in magic?" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/