[PVFS-users] RE: ls: pvfddir: Invalid argument, ls: iodtab: Invalid argument

[Rob Ross]

Hi Wayne,

I think there must be some confusion.  You should have a .iodtab and a 
.pvfsdir in the metadata directory (/pvfs-meta), but you should not 
place any additional files in the mount point (/pvfs).

The correct names are .pvfsdir and .iodtab.

My guess is that somehow you put those files in the /pvfs-meta directory 
with bad names.  When you ls the directory, the manager sees the name, 
reads the file, and sees that it isn't a metadata file.

Have a look at the log file from the manager; I think that it will help.

Regards,

Rob

Wayne Shi wrote:
> Rob Ross wrote:
> 
>> Is that .pvfsdir and .iodtab, or are those files that you created?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> Wayne Shi wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have pvfs1.6.3  installed on Red Hat Linux 7.3.  If I do command: 
>>> ls /pvfs , I got
>>> ls: pvfddir: Invalid argument
>>> ls: iodtab: Invalid argument
>>>
>>> Does anyone know why and how to fix it?
>>>
>>> Another problem is I get an errno = 22 when we do an lstat on a PVFS 
>>> directory.  Is this related to the first problem above ?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>
>>
> Hi Rob,
> 
> No. I didn't create these 2 files, pvfsdir and iodtab under /pvfs 
> directory.  These 2 files maybe the leftovers from the "mkmgrconf" 
> program from my first configuration of PVFS on a cluster (now I have 
> PVFS configured on a single host). If they are not used by any PVFS 
> daemons, then how to get rid of them. (rm command cannot remove it, 
> because Invalid argument)
> 
> By the way,  what is the right file name pvfsdir or .pvfsdir, iodtab or 
> .iodtab, under /pvfs-meta and /pvfs directory ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wayne
>