It has to be the prior to problems.
Also notice, it's a larger folder that it's peers.
If you ever find anything in there, it will probably be of the form #123456
I know Sun/Oracle's UFS far more than the file systems Linux uses, but it's my understanding, from the outside looking it, they behave similarly. (Yes, I know that under the hood they are different, some with journaling, etc.)
This is probably more than you wanted to know.
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
The lost+found directory (it is only a "folder" when looked @ with a GUI tool) is owned by root, so to access it you have to "sudo -s" to get admin access; then it is available to look @.
Much more important in the old days of unix/linux when the filesystems were not journaled. Filesystem integrity has gotten better with all OSes over the years.
I was under the impression that folder only appeared if there were lost or damaged files. In other words it gets created if/when a problem occurred? Otherwise it isn't there? I realize I could be wrong, I'm still learning.
From the terminal what would be the exact command to view the contents? Thanks.