Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!isg100!nusdhub!rwhite From: rwhite@nusdhub.UUCP (Robert C. White Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: SysV directory file is garbaged & I can't rm -r it. Suggestions? Message-ID: <1329@nusdhub.UUCP> Date: 1 May 89 20:45:18 GMT References: <289@tree.UUCP> Organization: National University, San Diego Lines: 9 "unlink" the directory and then "fsck" it. There are no checks involved with use of /etc/unlink. the fsck will deposit anything in can recover in lost+found on that file system. Enjoy, Rob.