Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:42:35 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> To: Jack Stone <antennex@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files - New Hint Message-ID: <4484973B.8020604@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F214BED5FF32D7139BB12ECC940@phx.gbl> References: <BAY106-F214BED5FF32D7139BB12ECC940@phx.gbl>
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Jack Stone wrote: >> From: Chris Whitehouse <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> >> CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files - New Hint >> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:59:48 +0100 >> >> >> Update your locate database and see if there are any other instances >> of the file? Just a shot in the dark >> >> Chris >> > > Chris: Yes, there are others: > > The one I can't delete: > /tmp2/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm > ....and the others > /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/Sys/Hostname.pm > /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm > > What would be the issue if the above exists? I am wondering if you can do something with the other link if there is one, eg delete it. How many links does ls -l /tmp2/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm show. I'm guessing it is linked to the one in perl5/5.6.1. Do you need perl 5.6.1? (sorry lost the earlier threads) Can you delete /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm, then can you delete the one in tmp2? Alternative this thread has instructions which which you might be able to adapt do what you want - see the response from Matthew Seaman involving clri(8) http://groups.google.com/group/fa.freebsd.questions/browse_thread/thread/b031f4a77ccd26a3/0e8f61e4e58fd4a5?lnk=st&q=group%3A*.freebsd.*+%22terminated+with+1+(non-zero)+status%3A+Cross-device+link%22&rnum=3#0e8f61e4e58fd4a5 (sorry rather long line) It relates to Fbsd 4.6 but clri is still around so could still work. It does say it is dangerous and this example relates to a msdos filesystem. Chris
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