I noticed that one of my filesystems grew a lost+found directory. It has one file named #0000004, which I ran strings on to see if it contained anything of interest. I noticed that it was showing a lot of stuff and taking awhile, so I canceled it and checked the size of the file. It is 466G, which is 2G more than the partition it lies on. It seems that all of my files are alright, but with 129689 of them, it's hard to be sure.
Can I safely remove this file, or is it going to have ill effects? And how on earth did it get to be so big anyways?
Can I safely remove this file, or is it going to have ill effects? And how on earth did it get to be so big anyways?