On Monday 07 June 2010 21:24:37 Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > I am trying to clean up what seems like a remnant of a failed emerge, but
> > I can delete the directory in question:
> >
> > # rm -Rf /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-
> > r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale
> > rm: cannot remove `/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-
> > r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale': Directory
> > not empty
> >
> > Am I missing something simple here? Why can't I remove it? It seems
> > empty to me:
> >
> > # ls -la /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.4.3-
> > r2/work/gcc-4.4.3/libjava/classpath/resource/gnu/java/locale
> > total 1
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 portage portage 3 May 28 07:48 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 portage portage 3 May 28 07:48 ..
>
> I generally use rm -rfv when I delete something and do it as root as
> well. It is gone after that. I'm not sure what the difference is
> between R and r tho. I need to go check the man page I guess. ;-)
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
-r, -R, --recursive
remove directories and their contents recursivelyI am getting worried now about fs corruption. The fs is supposed to be checked at boot time .... -- Regards, Mick
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