Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:17:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Jack Stone <antennex@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files Message-ID: <20060604131709.40544.qmail@web60019.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F10C176F31D5732F59F8EAECC970@phx.gbl>
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--- Jack Stone <antennex@hotmail.com> 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 Try: # rm -rf local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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