Arg. File > 2GB removal
For grins, I did `dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1024 count=400` Obviously, with the limits of ext2, this isn't allowed, however, dd continued marrily on its way, tho it spouted an error... I cancelled the dd and went to remove the file, though the following occured: root@obfuscated:/home/ftp# rm testfile rm: cannot remove `testfile': Value too large for defined data type 'ls' complains about the same. I ran e2fsck -f /dev/hde6 (the partition of /home) and it didn't 'find' the problem. How do I remove this file and reclaim the HDD space? Thanks, D. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Arg. File > 2GB removal
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 02:16:15AM -0600, Damacus Porteng wrote: > For grins, I did `dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1024 count=400` > > Obviously, with the limits of ext2, this isn't allowed, however, dd continued > marrily on its way, tho it spouted an error... > > I cancelled the dd and went to remove the file, though the following occured: > root@obfuscated:/home/ftp# rm testfile > rm: cannot remove `testfile': Value too large for defined data type Hrm... This is with 2.2.18: [18:17:15] hogarth@theirongiant:/data>> dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1024 count=400 dd: testfile: File too large 2097152+0 records in 2097151+0 records out [18:21:07] hogarth@theirongiant:/data>> rm testfile [18:24:16] hogarth@theirongiant:/data>> So it worked for me... Regardless though have you tried >testfile rm testfile ? -- CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 'We do more then just sing and dance. We've got a brain too.' -- The Backstreet Boys - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Arg. File > 2GB removal
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> rm probably stat'd the file beforing removing it -- and failed,
> because it's either old or uses and old library (which isn't LFS
> aware)
If that's true, then the following C programlet should remove the file:
Replace "huge-file-name" with the full path of your file, it needs to stay
in quotes.
---
#include
#include
int main()
{
unlink("huge-file-name");
return 0;
}
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Re: Arg. File > 2GB removal
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, William T Wilson wrote: > If that's true, then the following C programlet should remove the file: I lied. You need to include not Oh no! This is linux-kernel. I thought it was debian-user. Sorry, didn't mean to waste bandwidth :} - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Arg. File > 2GB removal
> Damacus Porteng writes: > For grins, I did `dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1024 count=400` > Obviously, with the limits of ext2, this isn't allowed, however, dd continued > marrily on its way, tho it spouted an error... With 2.4 it's allowed. > I cancelled the dd and went to remove the file, though the following occured: > root@obfuscated:/home/ftp# rm testfile > rm: cannot remove `testfile': Value too large for defined data type > 'ls' complains about the same. I ran e2fsck -f /dev/hde6 (the partition of > /home) and it didn't 'find' the problem. You need an rm that's using the LFS interface. > How do I remove this file and reclaim the HDD space? Try: echo > testfile Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs [EMAIL PROTECTED] private [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.suse.de/~aj - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
