Re: [ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files # cd delhi\ fes\ mtg/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files/delhi fes mtg # ls -l > total 6648 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 25600 2005-09-02 09:01 Declaration.doc > drwxrwxrwx 12 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 delhi fes mtg > -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 101888 2005-09-02 09:01 > Dharchula29Oct04.doc > -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 286720 2005-09-02 09:01 final report.doc > -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 3531375 2005-09-02 09:01 full_report.pdf > drwxrwxrwx 2 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 gallif > drwxrwxrwx 2 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 Gallif-25April05 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 37376 2005-09-02 09:01 > hrworkplanjune05.doc > drwxrwxrwx 6 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 medplantheofin > drwxrwxrwx 12 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 medplantsrep > -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 29696 2005-09-02 09:01 rst meet 27th > july.doc > drwxrwxrwx 3 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 theofc2tofc3 > drwxrwxrwx 5 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 theo_ta_bill > drwxrwxrwx 2 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 wildmeat > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files/delhi fes mtg # > > *** > So I can't see any symbolic links but what is visible is the strange > directory name delhi\ fes\ mtg/ so I renamed the folder to > delhi_fes_mtg and it seems to have solved one level of problems at > least. Now I had repeat directories only till the 5 level, which I > have deleted and now have one hopefully clean directory. > > Though I still don't understand why this should happen - [...] 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 __ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com ___ 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/
Re: [ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43
Gora Mohanty wrote: > Heh, thanks for the headscratch. I think what you are seeing is an > effect of symbolic links. If I understand your description above > correctly, you can get the same effect by doing > mkdir ~/mydir > ln -s ~/mydir ~/mydir # Create a symlink to itself within the dir. > touch ~/mydir/a ~/mydir/b # Create some sample files > Is this what you mean? This might have happened due to some > misconfigured package. You can tell whether ~/mydir/mydir is a symlink > by doing a "ls -l ~/mydir" which would show an arrow in the name of > the symlink. It is probably OK to remove it, unless the package is > somehow dependent on it. In any case, it does no harm to leave it in > place. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files # cd delhi\ fes\ mtg/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files/delhi fes mtg # ls -l total 6648 -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 25600 2005-09-02 09:01 Declaration.doc drwxrwxrwx 12 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 delhi fes mtg -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 101888 2005-09-02 09:01 Dharchula29Oct04.doc -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 286720 2005-09-02 09:01 final report.doc -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 3531375 2005-09-02 09:01 full_report.pdf drwxrwxrwx 2 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 gallif drwxrwxrwx 2 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 Gallif-25April05 -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 37376 2005-09-02 09:01 hrworkplanjune05.doc drwxrwxrwx 6 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 medplantheofin drwxrwxrwx 12 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 medplantsrep -rwxrwxrwx 1 theo theo 29696 2005-09-02 09:01 rst meet 27th july.doc drwxrwxrwx 3 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 theofc2tofc3 drwxrwxrwx 5 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 theo_ta_bill drwxrwxrwx 2 theo theo4096 2005-09-02 09:01 wildmeat [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo/Troubled_files/delhi fes mtg # *** So I can't see any symbolic links but what is visible is the strange directory name delhi\ fes\ mtg/ so I renamed the folder to delhi_fes_mtg and it seems to have solved one level of problems at least. Now I had repeat directories only till the 5 level, which I have deleted and now have one hopefully clean directory. Though I still don't understand why this should happen - thanks ram > > Regards, > Gora ___ 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/
Re: [ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > One particular directory repeats it self within itself many many > times. I gave up trying to count at some 40th level or so. > > The contents of the directory withing the directory are the same and > if any file is deleted from any of the mirrored / copied / imaged > (imagined) directories it also gets deleted from the main (first > directory) Heh, thanks for the headscratch. I think what you are seeing is an effect of symbolic links. If I understand your description above correctly, you can get the same effect by doing mkdir ~/mydir ln -s ~/mydir ~/mydir # Create a symlink to itself within the dir. touch ~/mydir/a ~/mydir/b # Create some sample files Is this what you mean? This might have happened due to some misconfigured package. You can tell whether ~/mydir/mydir is a symlink by doing a "ls -l ~/mydir" which would show an arrow in the name of the symlink. It is probably OK to remove it, unless the package is somehow dependent on it. In any case, it does no harm to leave it in place. Regards, Gora __ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com ___ 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/
[ilugd] Directory repated / mirrored / copied problems in Ubuntu 5.04 on Thinkpad T 43
Hi For some time now there is a strange problem that is recurring on a Thinkpad T 43 running Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary. One particular directory repeats it self within itself many many times. I gave up trying to count at some 40th level or so. The contents of the directory withing the directory are the same and if any file is deleted from any of the mirrored / copied / imaged (imagined) directories it also gets deleted from the main (first directory) so any tips on this error. thanks 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/
