Invalid file system control data detected

[michealclark]

hi guys,

Agian I am having a problem, I cannot copy to a directory. I am getting a : cp: "filename": Invalid file system control data detected. If anyone has any idea what this means, i would be very grateful.

 

[aixqueen]

Usually the reasons something doesn't copy to a directory is either permissions
on the directory/parent directory or corrupt inodes etc.. (of course full filesystem and you are not root) Check space....and fsck it...

You can try to unmount the filesystem and fsck it.... or fsck -y it...

or you can try to copy the file to another directory and see if it works....
If it does and permissions were right on the original directory and parent
...you can try to copy things off to the new directory, delete the old directory and recreate it and put it back..... Harsh way to do it...but I have seen directories get
totally messed and have to be recreated....

An exact error message would be helpful? with numbers like 0608-??? or whatever
you are getting...and what type of file you are copying...is it a jfs directory...
what are you doing to copy it..........just cp?
Thanks

 

[michealclark]

thanks aixqueen,

I found the problem late Friday evening, had a user that "X'ed" out of a telnet session while copying to the directory the file system was on. After a reboot, I unmounted the file system and ran fsck and all apears to be well again.


thanks for your help.
Mike