Re: Wrong file size, is it dangerous?

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:50:00 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Michael K Vance wrote:

> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
>
> > The attributes in the file show that it is normal. Not necessarily
> > okay, but a normal file with rw attributes. You should be able
> > to remove this file.
>
> Right. I was dealing with *totally* garbage files... character devices and
> block devices with major and minor numbers in that were invalid, etc. I would
> get "operation not permitted" messages when trying to do anything such as rm
> and lsattr.
>
> m.

And good news. He was able to delete the rogue file with no problem.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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