Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!chumley!bruce From: bruce@chumley.UUCP (Bruce L. Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: fsck and inodes? Message-ID: <36@chumley.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 91 15:47:35 GMT References: Reply-To: bruce@chumley.UUCP (Bruce L. Stewart) Organization: Responsive Designs Lines: 30 In article tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) writes: > ... text deleted ... > >Bottom line: recently I get a message from fsck whe I boot into xenix and >check the file systems. It says "POSSIBLE FILE SIZE ERROR I=1993". I've >tried to RTFM for a week and still haven't a clue. How can I identify the >possibly suspect file? I'd like to delete it and replace it if necessary >from backup rather than reload the entire system. Rebuilding the system is >so tedious :-( 1. man ncheck. 2. ncheck -i 1993 /dev/root (or whichever filesystem you wish; if all filesystems are mounted, ncheck -i 1993 will check each one for inode 1993 and report the corresponding file. Hope this helps. P.S. The fsck message is often nothing to worry about. Large database files can generate this message; fsck is just alerting you to a possible problem, not positively identifying one. Checking it out is always the right approach. -bruce stewart -- --- Bruce L. Stewart (the digital demento) --------------------------------- Responsive Designs UUCP: uunet...!{pacbell, lll-winken}!chumley[!ziffle]!bruce Disclaimer: There is NOOOOOOO Rule 6! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------