Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:39:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Jack Stone <antennex@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files Message-ID: <20060604093513.X56404@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F10C176F31D5732F59F8EAECC970@phx.gbl> References: <BAY106-F10C176F31D5732F59F8EAECC970@phx.gbl>
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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 ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
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