Receiving the error "Circular directory structure." when running 'du' on a mounted NFS-share from a NetApp Filer
Issue
- Mounting over NFS (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) from a Netapp filer. When doing a
duon the NFS directory theducommand as it enters the .snapshot directory from Netapp, it trips over with the below message:
du: WARNING: Circular directory structure.
This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system.
NOTIFY YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2+
- NetApp NFS-Server with snapshotting enabled (creates
.snapshotdirectories)
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