what know is, using rmelem remove folder first, , cause of child elements moved lost+found . then, go lost+found , , repeatedly execute rmelem * until of elements removed. is there better way? the technote lost+found quite clear: if rmelem directory, content indeed moved lost+found , has lost+found . technote adds: note: if directory element deleted lost+found rmelem , contents moved lost+found in same manner described in first section above. that why try rmelem files first, directories , in order avoid trip (or several trips) in lost+found . except rmelem anything , same technote warns: use rmelem when deleting elements or symbolic links lost+found directory. while content of lost+found typically consists of unwanted elements , symbolic links, in circumstances can contain elements cataloged elsewhere in vob (that is, not orphaned) associated symbolic or hard links. reason, not run rmelem recursively in lost+found without first verif...