Directory has become inaccessible
by lucmove from LinuxQuestions.org on (#58FD9)
I was downloading mail from all my mailboxes when the email application crashed just after downloading mail from one of the mailboxes.
Actually, the email application froze so I had to kill it.
I ran it again and checked the mailboxes again, and the email application froze again. And again. And again.
Upon investigation, I found that the directory where the messages of that mailbox are stored is inaccessible:
Code:# /home/luc/Mail> ls -ls gmail1
[very long list of files]
# /home/luc/Mail> ls -ls gmail2
Killed"Killed" is the actual output. I don't know what it means.
Note the #, i.e. it is inaccessible even as root.
SpaceFM (file manager) can open gmail1, but not gmail2. It says it's opening, but it takes forever and I give up. But right-clicking those directories and selecting Properties seems to work:
gmail1: 540MB, 11664 files, 14 folders
gmail2: 463MB, 6249 files, 7 folders
I also tried PCManFM and had the same results.
What is happening to that directory and how can I fix it?
TIA
Actually, the email application froze so I had to kill it.
I ran it again and checked the mailboxes again, and the email application froze again. And again. And again.
Upon investigation, I found that the directory where the messages of that mailbox are stored is inaccessible:
Code:# /home/luc/Mail> ls -ls gmail1
[very long list of files]
# /home/luc/Mail> ls -ls gmail2
Killed"Killed" is the actual output. I don't know what it means.
Note the #, i.e. it is inaccessible even as root.
SpaceFM (file manager) can open gmail1, but not gmail2. It says it's opening, but it takes forever and I give up. But right-clicking those directories and selecting Properties seems to work:
gmail1: 540MB, 11664 files, 14 folders
gmail2: 463MB, 6249 files, 7 folders
I also tried PCManFM and had the same results.
What is happening to that directory and how can I fix it?
TIA