I've got a TeraStation Pro Network Attached Storage device connected to a stable Debian box. I'm trying to free up some space by deleting old backups, but have come across a file with a bad name. I'm smbmounting the NAS to get to the file structure; I'm not real sure how the NAS drives are formatted.
When I run "stat [tab key to autocomplete the name]" I get a different node number often. wes...@]goshen.acu.edu]:/TERASTATIONBACKUP/RSYNC-BACKUP/home/web/html/mriggs/Archive/Spring 2008/445:> stat Tentative\ Schedule\ \?��\ Math\ 445.pdf File: `Tentative Schedule ?\307\364 Math 445.pdf' Size: 49699 Blocks: 104 IO Block: 16384 regular file Device: 11h/17d Inode: 59670244 Links: 1 Access: (0766/-rwxrw-rw-) Uid: ( 101/ sshd) Gid: ( 100/ users) Access: 2009-02-20 13:57:10.000000000 -0600 Modify: 2008-01-23 09:29:06.000000000 -0600 Change: 2009-02-20 13:57:08.000000000 -0600 wes...@]goshen.acu.edu]:/TERASTATIONBACKUP/RSYNC-BACKUP/home/web/html/mriggs/Archive/Spring 2008/445:> stat Tentative\ Schedule\ \?��\ Math\ 445.pdf stat: cannot stat `Tentative Schedule ?\307\364 Math 445.pdf': No such file or directory (The second attempt was just to recall my history with the up arrow; I have to fill in the stat command with the TAB key to get any data.) Then I tried to delete the file with some magic I found via Google: wes...@]goshen.acu.edu]:/TERASTATIONBACKUP/RSYNC-BACKUP/home/web/html/mriggs/Archive/Spring 2008/445:> find . -inum 59670414 -exec rm -i {} \; rm: remove regular file `./Tentative Schedule ?\307\364 Math 445.pdf'? y rm: cannot remove `./Tentative Schedule ?\307\364 Math 445.pdf': No such file or directory Then I try the stat command again, and find the inode number has changed: wes...@]goshen.acu.edu]:/TERASTATIONBACKUP/RSYNC-BACKUP/home/web/html/mriggs/Archive/Spring 2008/445:> stat Tentative\ Schedule\ \?��\ Math\ 445.pdf File: `Tentative Schedule ?\307\364 Math 445.pdf' Size: 49699 Blocks: 104 IO Block: 16384 regular file Device: 11h/17d Inode: 59670677 Links: 1 Access: (0766/-rwxrw-rw-) Uid: ( 101/ sshd) Gid: ( 100/ users) Access: 2009-02-20 13:57:10.000000000 -0600 Modify: 2008-01-23 09:29:06.000000000 -0600 Change: 2009-02-20 13:57:08.000000000 -0600 Any suggestions as to how I can delete this file? Thanks! -- Kent West <*)))>< http://kentwest.blogspot.com Praise Yah! \o/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org