What for is lost and found

[Arran]

Hello

I do get in many folders a subfolder «lost+found» which had in my no over 10 years Kubuntu time never ever any use. What the good is it then for? Can I deleted them?

[Snowhog]

See https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...linux-and-unix

[chimak111]

The Unix&Linux link above refers to a single folder generated by running fsck. The way I understand Arran's question is that there are lost&found subfolders all over the place. So maybe something else is responsible?

[Arran]

Hello, sorry for the late response, I was busy with other matters.

And yes chimak111, You are spot on. So, what is the answer? Leaving or deleteing?

[chimak111]

So, what is the answer? Leaving or deleteing?

Can you correlate their appearance with any specific activity?

Maybe post some ls -al output so that people can see the permissions, ownership, etc?

[claydoh]

Lost+Found dirs will be found on all partitions that use a unix/linux file system. They are normal, and can be deleted, but will be re-created the next time the system runs a periodic fsck during boot, or one is run manually, or because of a power loss/abrupt shutdown.

[Arran]

OK, this is a clear and straight information, thanks very much. I will delete them, they iritate too much.

And for chimak111: ALL my files, bar the operating system HD, are on 4 hard disks formatet as ext4 and use 9 partitions. They all belong to me.