Re: root can not delete a directory ,why?
Robert Brockway wrote:
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Gene Heskett wrote:
Humm, you weren't perchance cd'd into the directory?
Actually unix will let you delete a directory that is in use. Harley
No, it will not.
Hahn once described this as sawing off the branch you are sitting on.
Eg:
$mkdir /tmp/foo
$cd /tmp/foo
$rmdir /tmp/foo
$pwd
/tmp/foo
$ls -a
$cd
$cd /tmp/foo
bash: cd: /tmp/foo: No such file or directory
The cwd has nothing to do with the OS, it is purely a way to instruct
the shell how to do globbing.
Mike
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Re: root can not delete a directory ,why?
Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 12:53, Realos wrote:
hi,
I am completely at loss. I can not delete following empty directory
as root.
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 8192 Dec 21 18:14 kolab
I tried "rm -rf kolab", "rmdir -f kolab", "rm -fd kolab" but nothing
works.
Error message is:
rm: cannot remove directory `kolab': Device or resource busy
Humm, you weren't perchance cd'd into the directory?
Makes no difference. The cwd is a shell thing, not an OS thing
(unlike with MSDOS and Windows). It's just some shorthand
for telling the shell how to do globbing.
Mike
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Re: root can not delete a directory ,why?
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Gene Heskett wrote: Humm, you weren't perchance cd'd into the directory? Actually unix will let you delete a directory that is in use. Harley Hahn once described this as sawing off the branch you are sitting on. Eg: $mkdir /tmp/foo $cd /tmp/foo $rmdir /tmp/foo $pwd /tmp/foo $ls -a $cd $cd /tmp/foo bash: cd: /tmp/foo: No such file or directory The primary cause of the error the original poster was concerned with is that the directory is a mount point and I see the original poster confirmed this was the case. Cheers, Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. Phone: +1-416-669-3073 Senior Technical Consultant Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenTrend Solutions Ltd.Web:www.opentrend.net We are open 24x365 for technical support. Call us in a crisis. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: root can not delete a directory ,why?
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 12:53, Realos wrote: >hi, > >I am completely at loss. I can not delete following empty directory > as root. > >drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 8192 Dec 21 18:14 kolab > >I tried "rm -rf kolab", "rmdir -f kolab", "rm -fd kolab" but nothing >works. >Error message is: > >rm: cannot remove directory `kolab': Device or resource busy > Humm, you weren't perchance cd'd into the directory? >There is nobody logged on the pc except for me with only one login. > >Is there a way to check if there hard links on that directory? Or do > you have any other idea. > >Any idea is much appreciated. > > >-- >Realos -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: root can not delete a directory ,why?
hallo, > Realos wanted us to know: >I am completely at loss. I can not delete following empty directory as root. > >drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 8192 Dec 21 18:14 kolab Well, it was a mountpoint for some partition. umounting the partition allowed rm operation. regards, -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
root can not delete a directory ,why?
hi, I am completely at loss. I can not delete following empty directory as root. drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 8192 Dec 21 18:14 kolab I tried "rm -rf kolab", "rmdir -f kolab", "rm -fd kolab" but nothing works. Error message is: rm: cannot remove directory `kolab': Device or resource busy There is nobody logged on the pc except for me with only one login. Is there a way to check if there hard links on that directory? Or do you have any other idea. Any idea is much appreciated. -- Realos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
