Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:44:29 -0500 From: "Jack Stone" <antennex@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files Message-ID: <BAY106-F8AA5215CF111BFA0B7111CC970@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <447j3wzwuo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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>From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> >To: "Jack Stone" <antennex@hotmail.com> >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files >Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:53:03 -0400 > >"Jack Stone" <antennex@hotmail.com> writes: > > >>From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> > >>To: Jack Stone <antennex@hotmail.com> > >>CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >>Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files > >>Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:39:51 -0400 (EDT) > >> > >>On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Jack Stone wrote: > >> > >>>I have 2 files that resists all efforts to delete them. > >> > >>[...] > >> > >>>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 > >> > >>Make sure the files do not have the system immutable flag set: > >> > >># chflags noschg local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm > >># chflags noschg local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Syslog.pm > >> > >> ...and then see if you can't delete them. I don't know why the flag > >> would be set, but it's something to try. > >> > >>HTH. > >> > >>-- > >>Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > > > > Chris: Tried that at the very first. No joy! > >There are other flags. Use "ls -lo" to see if any are set, rather >trying to reset them and then retrying the delete command. Indeed, tried that early on and see no flags set at all. THX Jack _________________________________________________________________ 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
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