Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-37,: Re: 2.2.12 Directory Corruption

# Re: 2.2.12 Directory Corruption

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:39:22 -0400

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John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> said:

[...]

> According to strace, ls -l is dying:
>
> lstat("mail.00937075929.00000", 0x1ffff9a0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or direct
> ory)
>
> So, apparently the file is in the directory, but yet isn't. I have no
> idea how this can occur. Ideas?

Maybe it _was_ when ls(1) collected filenames, but isn't anymore when it
does the lstat(2)? Has happened to me a few times...

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