Re: Duplicate '..' in /lib

David Luyer (david_luyer@pacific.net.au)
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:55:22 +1000


> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
>
> > Adam writes:
> >
> > >> /lib
> > >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jun 9 16:06 ..
> > >> 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 27 Jun 9 15:55 ..
> > >>
> > >> How can I get rid of this? I'm on kernel 2.2.19, running on sparc-linux.
> > >
> > > first it is not a pair directories, but a directory and a file.
> > >
> > > second, are you sure both of the mare just ".." for example
> >
> > I don't think so! Look at the "4" on the left. If that is the
> > inode number from "ls -lia /lib", his disk is seriously messed up.
> > The inode number for "/lib/.." should be 2, and an inode may not
> > be shared between a file and a directory.
>
> Erm... It _can't_ be an inode number. Something is very fishy there.

I'd say that's a 'ls -las'; both the small file and the directory above take
up a 4k block.

The second is, say, ".. " and the first is just "..".

Nothing interesting at all.

David.

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