linux-ext4 - Re: How to remove a corrupted dir in an ext4 FS?

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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:16:55 +0800
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
To:	Jesus Sanchez Melendro <melendro@...ra.es>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to remove a corrupted dir in an ext4 FS?

On 2010-10-24, at 19:12, Jesus Sanchez Melendro wrote:
> After a corruption in an ext4 filesystem, I've checked and moved to the 
> correct position all the files and dirs in lost+found, but one of the dirs is 
> corrupted.
> 
> The "ls -l" command says:
> d????????? ? ? ? ? ? /lost+found/#90116
> 
> If I try to remove it with "rmdir" or "rm -rf" or "mv" or "unlink", all 
> commands say:
> <command used>: failed to remove `#90116': Input/output error
> 
> Running "fsck" says that the filesystem is OK.
> 
> Is there a way to remove that corrupted dir?

You can probably check "lsattr /lost+found/#90116" to see if either the "i" (immutable) or "a" (append-only) attribute is set.  If yes, then running "chattr -i -a/lost+found/#90116" will remove those attributes, and it should be removable.

Cheers, Andreas

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