Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> When I try to remove a certain directory from my pendrive, >> the following error message appears: >> >> $ rm -vr to-be-removed >> rm: WARNING: Circular directory structure. >> This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system. >> NOTIFY YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER. >> The following directory is part of the cycle: >> `to-be-removed/News/to-be-removed/News' >> >> . Do I have to throw it away, or is there a way to repair it?
Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You certainly don't need to throw away the drive (just use fdisk to > repartition and mkdosfs to format it), but I don't know about the data > on the filesystem now. The data are safe at the moment. All the directories different from `to-be-removed' seem all right. I'll be trying fdisk and mkdosfs as you suggest. Thanks, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
