Re: Empty directory not getting deleted in external harddisk

On Tue 25 Oct 2011 21:31:28 SAST, Linux Tyro wrote:
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Are you looking at the directories/files created in the /media
directory? If so, you don't want to be deleting those. They are
auto created when a removable drive is plugged in so the Operating
system has somewhere to mount the disk. Those directories are
required to allow the system to access the disks, and are
added/removed automatically by the Ubuntu system.

If this is not what you mean, then we'll need more information.


On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Bruce Pieterse <octoquadza@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:octoquadza@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Hi,

What is the location/full path of these files? Have you tried
unmounting the device and running fsck against it if it is an
ext2/3/4 filesystem?


This is how the directories are getting created:

i) 43c9f2721ed24ab138b75e5e -> ii) databases -> iii) d74157950031f86b102e1759dcd53f
db
(it is directory) (it is also a directory) (it is a file, I don't know which format it is)

In the above the last two ('databases' and 'd74157950031f86b102e1759dcd53fdb') I am able to delete (but each time whenever I plug the hard disk) but the first one ('43c9f2721ed24ab138b75e5e'), a directory doesn't get deleted even after emptying it (that is, even after deleting the other two).

i) '43c9f2721ed24ab138b75e5e' is the directory inside the usb hard-disk.
ii) 'databases' is the directory inside the directory no. i)
iii) 'd74157950031f86b102e1759dcd53f' is the file inside the directory no. ii)

I am able to delete ii) and iii) but i) is not getting deleted. Its not on /media (I checked with the command 'ls /media') but inside the usb hard-disk.

I have several times unmounted the device (from the right click menu) and several times inserted again but again the files get created [ii) and iii)] however i) remains there.

Thx.

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Ok, thanks for confirming the directory structure. You have not indicated if you have run a fsck on the drive, perhaps there is something wrong with journal on the filesystem, in which case you keep seeing the same folder reappearing.

Please open a terminal (CTRL + ALT + T) and run fsck -y /dev/sd[a-z][0-9]. Where [a-z] and [0-9] this would be substituted for the actual block device detect by the OS and partition i.e /dev/sdb1. If you are not sure, mount the device and send the information from the terminal when you run sudo fdisk -l and I/we can advise accordingly.
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