Find and delete "broken files/inodes" in ext3

[Balu manyam]

ok - i wonder whats causing these "broken" files ?

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:45 PM, <santi at usansolo.net> wrote:

> Dear Srs,
>
> I need to remove some broken files/inodes in ext3 filesystem running Linux
> 2.6.18, I can't delete using userspace utilitys:
>
> # ls -l /tmp/apspkgarc/
> total 0
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? AdvancedPoll-2.03-30.app.zip
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? Coppermine-1.3.3-45.app.zip
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? joomla-1.0.12-36.app.zip
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? Mambo-4.6.2-8.app.zip
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? osCommerce-2.2ms2-52.app.zip
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? phpBB-2.0.22-19.app.zip
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? phpBook-1.50-26.app.zip
> ?---------  ? ? ? ?           ? WordPress-2.0-21.app.zip
>
> # rm -rf /tmp/apspkgarc
> rm: cannot remove directory `/tmp/apspkgarc': Directory not empty
>
>
> Other times I have solved this problem using debugfs, but I don't know if
> it's a secure method to make this:
>
> # umount /dev/i2o/hda4
> # debugfs -w /dev/i2o/hda4
> debugfs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
> debugfs: freei /var/run/named.pid
>
> "freei" is a secure method to delete those files?
>
> Also, I'm looking for a method or application to search this type of broken
> files, now I'am using this shell one-liners:
>
> export LANG=en_US
> find / -type s -prune 2> /tmp/find_broken_files.txt > /dev/null
> awk '/No such file or directory/ { print $2; }' /tmp/find_broken_files.txt
>
> All advices are welcome, thanks!!
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Santi Saez
>
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