From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 4 17:32:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FD7E16A71A for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 17:32:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rat.carvalho@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0102.google.com (wx-out-0102.google.com [66.249.82.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE61843D49 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 17:32:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rat.carvalho@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id i31so614591wxd for ; Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:32:37 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=lDajBu2AwrwKVzEQxHWW8NCtPW7gBoSmPVMxHemQpFCxeVQhMNe5VA+Avi5z5SNp+1mx515g6fffodKnyYu937kTXldrbWLgisPFuonc9hOMGBxdcK0JCN2LMfSAkAe9lxKndJxBWxuw+PsyLYdtdmqKlOGJkLG0jrlt4MqykbE= Received: by 10.70.68.10 with SMTP id q10mr5111231wxa; Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:32:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.10.10 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 10:32:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:32:37 -0300 From: "Ricardo Carvalho" To: "Jack Stone" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:32:42 -0000 This occurred to me once, I simply booted the system in single user mode and removed the file. On 6/4/06, Jack Stone wrote: > > Hello: > I have 2 files that resists all efforts to delete them. I can even move > them > to another directory, but still cannot delete. Can chmod too, but still > same > resistance; > > I originally figured they occupied a bad spot on the HD, but now not sure > about that. > > Please, any suggestions about what to do to remove these files? > > Here are the files and the error message: > rm: local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm: Operation not permitted > rm: local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Syslog.pm: Operation not permitted > > I've gone all the way down to the last dir and tried to delete them there. > No joy! > All directories in between only include the dirs and no files. I want to > delete the entire path of directories, but those 2 stubborn files will not > permit that. > > rm: local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys: Directory not empty > > Please, any help appreciated! > > Thank you, > Jack L Stone. > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >