Sorry for misleading the general reader, I DO understand that "." and ".." are in the file structure.
There IS some type of hidden file in the folder. I tried using the "stat filename" command to locate the inode and then use the "find . -inum inode# -exec rm -i -d -r * \;" command but it still won't delete the folder. Is there any lower level command that can actually go in and remove that inode? On 9/10/10, Ron Braithwaite <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 10, 2010, at 10:54 PM, website reader wrote: > >> I am unable to delete two files on a hard-drive that originally was in >> a ntfs partition. >> The files are named "." and ".." >> >> Trying to use the rm -r -f command fails as does the rmdir command. I >> tried renaming them but that fails too. >> >> I really need to remove these two files, how can I tell the linux OS >> that they are not being used as a folder relocation command and >> actually remove them? > > Well, the reason you can't remove them is that "." is your current directory > and ".." is the parent directory. > > May I suggest reading: > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/understanding-unixlinux-file-system-part-i.html > > -Ron > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
