Unable to delete ".snapshot" directory mounted form NetApp share?
Issue
- Running
FINDon production Red Hat Enterprise Linux server resulting in below error message:
find: Filesystem loop detected; `/backup/.snapshot' has the same device number and inode as a directory which is 1 level higher in the filesystem hierarchy.
find: Filesystem loop detected; `/usr/global/.snapshot' has the same device number and inode as a directory which is 1 level higher in the filesystem hierarchy.
# ls -ldi
332533162 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 31 1999 /backup/.snapshot
332533162 drwxrwxrwx 16 root root 264 Aug 16 20:15 /backup/
14969499 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 13 2012 /usr/global/.snapshot
14969499 drwxrwxr-x 81 root root 3398 Sep 24 14:22 /usr/global/
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6
- Netapp share
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