i have a file in .dvdcss folder which cannot be deleted, i am unable to delete its parent folders due to the file/folder.
the error message is :
/��������������������������������-a18fb6a99cc3b69a-0000000000 does not exist.
how can i delete it?
Are you trying as user or have you swiched to su ?
It seems like a file system corruption. Try to run fsck (file system check) program. For details see
man fsck
yes i tried it as the root too.
You are trying to delete a file named ‘a18fb6a99cc3b69a-0000000000’ that the system says does not exist? Open a terminal session and please provide the file output of that particular folder.
nux@pari:/home/purano/.dvdcss> la
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 blackhat users 4096 2008-06-20 17:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 66 blackhat users 4096 2008-06-20 17:27 …
drwxr-xr-x 2 blackhat users 4096 2008-05-27 10:43 ???-a18fb6a99cc3b69a-0000000000
drwxr-xr-x 2 blackhat users 4096 2008-06-20 17:21 DVD_VIDEO-2004091018060300-939a0a3be6
drwxr-xr-x 2 blackhat users 4096 2008-06-20 17:21 THE_SPECIALIST_4X3FF-1998011520051000-2bab2d1eca
nux@pari:/home/purano/.dvdcss>
Its on my home directory and it says that it can cause severe damage on a disk that is not unmounted. 