From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jack Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:17:09 -0400 (EDT)
--- Jack Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
Peter: That's among the first thigs tried, at all levels -- no joy!
The problem seems to be the *.pm files at the end of the path. Once they can
be deleted, then all dirs should then go.
THX
Jack
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