What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix?

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What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix?

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RSS BotBM to Hacker NewsEnglish · 5 months ago

There is a folder at the root of Linux and Unix operating systems called /lost+found/ What is it for? Under what circumstances would I interact with it? How would I interact with it?

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