command ls not working for /

[gkout]

There is a weird behaviour with the ls command on a Solaris 8 box. ls works for every partition except for root (/).
It freezes and returns no output. The command is run full path. The disk is not full and the prtdiag reports no errors.
Has anyone noticed such behaviour?

 

[bfitzmai]

Have you tried the command truss to see what is happening when you run the command ls.. You can run something like the following to capture the ls command to a file.

truss ls > /tmp/ls_trace

 

[gkout]

Thnx biftzmai I ll try it and see what I ll get.

 

[SamBones]

Run an [tt]fsck[/tt] on your root partition as soon as you can.

 

[gkout]

Well actually this was a customers box. I advised them to reboot the server in case someone messed up with the box.
They haven't called back so the prob seems to be solved.
Thnx guys.

 

[coffeysm]

I seen ls hang on the root filesystem if you using NFS mounts and they are stale.