Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:06:25 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed Message-ID: <20021104150624.GC46132@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20021104145939.GA75425@arpa.com> References: <20021104145702.GB46132@keyslapper.org> <20021104145939.GA75425@arpa.com>
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On 11/04/02 08:59 AM, Chip Norkus sat at the `puter and typed: > On Mon Nov 04, 2002; 09:57AM -0500 Louis LeBlanc propagated the following: > > Hey all. I'm trying to get some temp files cleaned out, and the one > > giving me trouble is /tmp/temproot/var/empty/ > > > > The empty directory is in fact empty, but the ownership and > > permissions seem to make it impossible to remove it. I've tried rm > > -rf, rm -df, and rmdir all as root, but all I get is: > > # rm -df empty/ > > rm: empty/: Operation not permitted > > > > Try 'chflags noschg /tmp/temproot/var/empty' and then try removing it > again. Cool. That did the trick, but why would a directory be set unwriteable *and* immutable? Like I said before, it seems it would make the directory useless. Thanks! Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ The Beatles: Paul McCartney's old back-up band. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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