Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 08:43:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark <markm@offline.dct.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rm dir, not empty? (fwd) Message-ID: <199808311343.IAA12314@offline.dct.com>
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Forwarded message: > >On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 11:13:24AM +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: > > > >> [root@enterprise /usr/obj/usr/src/gnu/lib]# rm -rf libgmp/ > >> rm: libgmp/: Directory not empty > > > >Try 'rm -rf libgmp' > > > > rm -rf libgmp gives me the same error: > > [root@enterprise /usr/obj/usr/src/gnu/lib]# rm -rf libgmp > rm: libgmp/: Directory not empty By any chance are you on an NFS mount? If you are, you may have a stale NFS handle in the directory, something eqivalent ot .***NFS or something like it. If you have that, telnet to the machine that the NFS mounts are being mounted from, and delete the dotfile (stale NFS handle) Then you will be able to remove the directory. Or, you could just remove the directory with "rm -rf" on the machine serving the mounts as well... -- Mark Maurer markm@dct.com mwmaurer@mtu.edu Programmer, Digital Magic Interactive http://www.dminteractive.com Senior, Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI -- Views do not represent those of my employer or school To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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