Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:57:00 -0500 From: "Jack Stone" <antennex@hotmail.com> To: chris@monochrome.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files Message-ID: <BAY106-F18B37F868BCB9A7ABAE478CC970@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20060604093513.X56404@tripel.monochrome.org>
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>From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> >To: Jack Stone <antennex@hotmail.com> >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files >Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:39:51 -0400 (EDT) > >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 Chris: Tried that at the very first. No joy! THX Jack _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
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