Re: Empty directory not getting deleted in external harddisk

2011/10/25 Linux Tyro <ubuntu.bkn@xxxxxxxxx>:
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Bruce Pieterse <octoquadza@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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.

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.

Here is the required output and command:

myfamily@myfamily-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for myfamily:

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xfedcfedc

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       15258   122553318+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           15258       30402   121644033    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           15258       29781   116658176   83  Linux
/dev/sda6           29781       30402     4984832   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa4b57300

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       38913   312568641    7  HPFS/NTFS

So it seems like your USB disk is /dev/sdb1. So in this case, Bruce
Pieterse suggested that you should run the following in a terminal:

fsck -y /dev/sdb1


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ

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