can't delete directory under linux due to broken files

Question

kt@rails-ubuntu:~/rails/ledger/releases/20080820144914/.git/hooks$ ls -al
ls: cannot access post-commit: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access update: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access post-update: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access commit-msg: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access pre-rebase: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access post-receive: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access pre-applypatch: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access pre-commit: No such file or directory
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 2 kt kt 4096 2008-09-09 18:10 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 kt kt 4096 2008-09-09 18:10 ..
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? commit-msg
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? post-commit
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? post-receive
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? post-update
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? pre-applypatch
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? pre-commit
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? pre-rebase
-????????? ? ?         ?            ?                ? update

Answer 1

First off, here's your question, nicely formatted (surround it in < pre > tags to get this):

kt@rails-ubuntu:~/rails/ledger/releases/20080820144914/.git/hooks$ ls -al
ls: cannot access post-commit: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access update: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access post-update: No such file or directory
[snip]

Anyway, you need to boot up in single-user mode and run fsck. If you can't reboot right now, just move the directory to /tmp and forget about it.

Answer 2

(a) Looks like you have some kind of filesystem problems; I'd recommend you run fsck and see if it finds anything

(b) Really not a programming-related question, so off-topic here.

Answer 3

I had the same problem caused by Aptana Studio working with rails more than once. The long term solution was to avoid using aptana to create files.

Answer 4

I ran into this problem and tried everything. Surprisingly the solution is very simple. Dude, this is what you do: Using GUI and not the terminal 1. Move all other files in that folder to a different one with a different name 2. Move the containing directory which should have only the problematic file to trash 3 Empty trash

and yes, it is that simple