"Net Llama!" wrote: > > I've really done it this time. I installed a version 4.1 of fileutils, > and it appears to have hosed the filesystem in a very bad way. BTW, this > box is Redhat based, using XFS. > > *Every* single file on the box now has a size of 16T (yes, terrabytes). > Now as wonderful as it would be to have a few petabytes of storage in a my > mini-ATX workstation, reality tells me that's not the case. > > Everything is working just fine, even df reports accurate results, but i > know something is badly broken, and i fear rebooting the box. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com > > _______________________________________________
Since "ls" is part of the fileutils package are you sure that the files are hosed or is it "ls" that's hosed? What happens if you cat /dev/null > /tmp/xyz ; ls -l /tmp/xyz ? Is it a 16T file? -- Andrew Mathews ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:40pm up 10 days, 1:52, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.03, 1.09 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a gathering of two or more people, when a lighted cigarette is placed in an ashtray, the smoke will waft into the face of the non-smoker. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
