huge .journal file

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

Hi there. I noticed a large .journal file, tried to delete it with

# cat /dev/null > .journal

and got a permission denied.

I also do not see journald.conf file anywhere in sight.

what shall I do?
Thanks!

 

[ColinTaylor]

What router?
What firmware?
What directory is the file located in?

 

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

Hello.. thank you.. It's an RT-AC68U, Firmware Version:384.16..
Linux 2.6.36.4brcmarm #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Apr 5 13:44:06 EDT 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux
release=entware arch=arm cpu=cortex-a9 cpu_subtype=unknown
float=soft gcc=8.3.0 gcc_flags=-O2 -pipe -mtune=cortex-a9 -fno-caller-saves -mfloat-abi=soft libc=glibc libc_version=2.23

The file is on the root directory of the USB HDD..

-rw------- 1 turgut root 1073741824 Nov 1 2020 .journal

 

[ColinTaylor]

I'm not an Apple user but that looks like a Time Machine file (USB Application > Time Machine).

 

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

I'm not an Apple user but that looks like a Time Machine file (USB Application > Time Machine).

I haven't tried that app - nor do we have any Apple machines in the house -- personally don't like them.
I just checked, the time machine is set to off.

 

[ColinTaylor]

You could try this:

service stop_nasapps
rm /tmp/mnt/yourpath/.journal

 

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

no luck..

turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL# rm .journal
rm: remove '.journal'? y
rm: can't remove '.journal': Operation not permitted

Update -- tried chmod, even that gives access denied..
Likewise, lsof .journal returns nothing.. mystery file!

 

[ColinTaylor]

Then I suggest you unmount the drive, plug it into a Linux PC and delete the file from there.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Alternatively, https://www.programmerall.com/article/77231469386/

But you'd have to install Entware's lsattr and chattr packages.

 

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

Thank you! Finally I got rid of that thing..

turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL# lsattr .journal
----i-d--------------- .journal
turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL# chattr -i .journal
turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL# lsattr .journal
------d--------------- .journal
turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL# chattr -d .journal
turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL# lsattr .journal
---------------------- .journal
turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL# rm .journal
turgut@ns2:/tmp/mnt/2TBEXTERNAL#