recursive directory

Lokrin redhat at lokrin.net
Sat May 14 03:11:45 UTC 2005


I just checked.  No, they are not the same inode.  I think some program 
got out of hand and just kept making them.

Adam Breaux wrote:

>Do you see the same inode numbers in each folder if you do this:
>
>ls -ali
>
>On 5/13/05, Lokrin <redhat at lokrin.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>I have a directory that contains one directory and one file. The problem
>>is that somehow it is recursive.  I go into it and it contains it's own
>>directory.  Go into that and you get the same thing.  The TREE commands
>>keeps going.  RM -RF keeps going.  Under Konqueror, trying to delete the
>>directory give a status bar and it reaches up to around 15,000 folders
>>at less then 1% done before it freezes.
>>
>>The directoy is not linked in any fashion.  How can I get rid of it?
>>
>>    
>>




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