This is one for the books!

Clint Adams wrote:

> > On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > 
> > > Somehow, I got a corrupted file on my system:
> > > 
> > >  bash-2.00# ls -l /root/Mail/
> > >  total 269488144
> > >  c---r----- 8240 8224     8224      32,  48 Aug  2  1995 drafts
> > > 
> > > I can't delete it!
> 
> You're going to need to use debugfs to get rid of it.

This worked (with /dev/sda3 mounted as the root filesystem):

 debugfs -w -R "rm /root/Mail/drafts" /dev/sda3

Thanks everybody!
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Peter Galbraith, research scientist             <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada  418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546


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