Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:36:40 -0700 From: Scott Oertel <freebsd@scottevil.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing large files (lost+found) Message-ID: <44D0D498.1030405@scottevil.com> In-Reply-To: <20060802162524.GB58585@dan.emsphone.com> References: <44D0C36C.2050902@scottevil.com> <20060802162524.GB58585@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Aug 02), Scott Oertel said: > >> Yesterday after an fsck a file was placed in the lost+found folder which >> size was exactly the size of the drive (450gb). What is the safest way >> to remove this file? >> > > If its timestamp updates when you touch a file on the main filesystem, > it's most likely a snapshot file, either leftover from a failed > background fsck, or manually created by you with mksnap_ffs. You can > just delete it. > > The time stamp doesn't update, it gives an error: touch: #00000005: Operation not permitted -Scott Oertel
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