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Error - "ls: .: Stale NFS file handle", huh?????


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When I try to access one of my directories on a fat32 mounted partition I keep getting this error:

 

ls: .: Stale NFS file handle

 

As far as I know, that directory is not NFS. At least I have never set it up as such.

 

If I use konquerer, I have no trouble accessing the directory, but I can't get at it through bash.

 

Any ideas?

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how is that partiton mounted? post your fstab file.

 

does that happens always?

 

what other applications are accesing at the same time that directory? (run "lsof | grep directory_name" as root when the error happens again to get that info). And the same partition?

 

are you using nfs or portmap?

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Thanks for the help

 

how is that partiton mounted? post your fstab file.

 

Here is what my fstab says.

 

/dev/hda5 /mnt/data vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0

 

does that happens always?

No, this is the first time

 

what other applications are accesing at the same time that directory? (run "lsof | grep directory_name" as root when the error happens again to get that info). And the same partition?

 

The applications that I was running at the time were:

emacs - reading files directly from the directory

anjuta - same as emacs

mozilla (no access to that partition though)

xmms - reading mp3 files off the /mnt/data partition

amsn, gkrellm

 

are you using nfs or portmap?

No, not that I know of.

 

I just checked the directory again and I once again have complete access to it.

 

Very strange. :? :? :?

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