Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
Igor Peshansky wrote: On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Dave Korn wrote: On 16 October 2007 18:18, Paul McFerrin wrote: I've been seeing this same problem Specifically on a NAS over SMB? Or are you talking about something you've seen happen on your local hard drive, which would very likely be a completely different problem? since B20! Say, you /could/ have mentioned it a little sooner ... you've had nearly ten years now to write a bug report, y'know! The only time I've ever seen anything like this is when I've messed up, and the directory hasn't actually been empty, and I only thought it was because I forgot the -a flag to ls, or I've mistyped something or forgotten some perms. Pilot error every time. That's not to say it's impossible, and my first line of attack would be Is this one of those versioning NASs and is it perhaps treating the directory as not-really-empty-because-you-might-want-to-roll-it-back-I-wonder?. FWIW, you can also get this message if some program has an open handle to either the directory itself or some file in that directory. Usually either a service or another shell... Check the cwd of all shells, etc. Igor Try Process Explorer -- Andrew DeFaria http://defaria.com A friend of mine is into Voodoo Acupuncture. You don't have to go. You'll just be walking down the street, and...ohh, that's much better... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am running XP SP2. I have a drive mapped (z:). See mount output. It is a NAS drive that supports smb. sh-3.2$ mount D:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) D:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) D:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type system (binmode,noumount) d: on /cygdrive/d type system (binmode,noumount) f: on /cygdrive/f type system (binmode,noumount) y: on /cygdrive/y type system (binmode,noumount) z: on /cygdrive/z type system (binmode,noumount) I can read and write to the /z drive and I can delete individual files but I can't delete folders (rm -rf anypath) from the cygwin command line. I get the followning error. $ rm -rf /s/test/ rm: cannot remove directory `/s/test/': Directory not empty I can delete folders if I use windows explorer, or in a Unix xterm. The files belong to the user and are not locked. Does anyone have any ideas? Let's start here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Include in your report a onsistent example and 'cygcheck rm' prior to your example showing the problem. Also, we need to know what kind of network drive this is and where it's coming from. My WAG right now is that 'rm' isn't Cygwin's version outside of 'xterm'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
I've been seeing this same problem since B20! It usually involves deleting a large directory tree with a few thousand files. I just switch to MS-Dos mode and use their rm command without any problem. So yes, looks like more than one person has seen this problem. - Paul Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am running XP SP2. I have a drive mapped (z:). See mount output. It is a NAS drive that supports smb. sh-3.2$ mount D:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) D:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) D:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type system (binmode,noumount) d: on /cygdrive/d type system (binmode,noumount) f: on /cygdrive/f type system (binmode,noumount) y: on /cygdrive/y type system (binmode,noumount) z: on /cygdrive/z type system (binmode,noumount) I can read and write to the /z drive and I can delete individual files but I can't delete folders (rm -rf anypath) from the cygwin command line. I get the followning error. $ rm -rf /s/test/ rm: cannot remove directory `/s/test/': Directory not empty I can delete folders if I use windows explorer, or in a Unix xterm. The files belong to the user and are not locked. Does anyone have any ideas? Let's start here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Include in your report a onsistent example and 'cygcheck rm' prior to your example showing the problem. Also, we need to know what kind of network drive this is and where it's coming from. My WAG right now is that 'rm' isn't Cygwin's version outside of 'xterm'. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
Paul McFerrin wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Michael.MacAllister wrote: snip I can read and write to the /z drive and I can delete individual files but I can't delete folders (rm -rf anypath) from the cygwin command line. I get the followning error. $ rm -rf /s/test/ rm: cannot remove directory `/s/test/': Directory not empty I can delete folders if I use windows explorer, or in a Unix xterm. The files belong to the user and are not locked. Does anyone have any ideas? Let's start here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Include in your report a onsistent example and 'cygcheck rm' prior to your example showing the problem. Also, we need to know what kind of network drive this is and where it's coming from. My WAG right now is that 'rm' isn't Cygwin's version outside of 'xterm'. I've been seeing this same problem since B20! It usually involves deleting a large directory tree with a few thousand files. I just switch to MS-Dos mode and use their rm command without any problem. So yes, looks like more than one person has seen this problem. I'll extend the same invitation to you as well then. If you can provide a reproducible problem report, that would be helpful. Please use don't provide it in the context of B20 though. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
On 16 October 2007 18:18, Paul McFerrin wrote: I've been seeing this same problem Specifically on a NAS over SMB? Or are you talking about something you've seen happen on your local hard drive, which would very likely be a completely different problem? since B20! Say, you /could/ have mentioned it a little sooner ... you've had nearly ten years now to write a bug report, y'know! The only time I've ever seen anything like this is when I've messed up, and the directory hasn't actually been empty, and I only thought it was because I forgot the -a flag to ls, or I've mistyped something or forgotten some perms. Pilot error every time. That's not to say it's impossible, and my first line of attack would be Is this one of those versioning NASs and is it perhaps treating the directory as not-really-empty-because-you-might-want-to-roll-it-back-I-wonder?. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Paul McFerrin wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Michael.MacAllister wrote: snip I can read and write to the /z drive and I can delete individual files but I can't delete folders (rm -rf anypath) from the cygwin command line. I get the followning error. $ rm -rf /s/test/ rm: cannot remove directory `/s/test/': Directory not empty I can delete folders if I use windows explorer, or in a Unix xterm. The files belong to the user and are not locked. Does anyone have any ideas? Let's start here: Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Include in your report a onsistent example and 'cygcheck rm' prior to your example showing the problem. Also, we need to know what kind of network drive this is and where it's coming from. My WAG right now is that 'rm' isn't Cygwin's version outside of 'xterm'. I've been seeing this same problem since B20! It usually involves deleting a large directory tree with a few thousand files. I just switch to MS-Dos mode and use their rm command without any problem. So yes, looks like more than one person has seen this problem. I'll extend the same invitation to you as well then. If you can provide a reproducible problem report, that would be helpful. Please use don't provide it in the context of B20 though. ;-) Hey, I'm trying to forget the B20 days but someone keeps reminding me of found memories of those days. I've keep closing the book on B20 but some how it just pops open. :-( -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Dave Korn wrote: On 16 October 2007 18:18, Paul McFerrin wrote: I've been seeing this same problem Specifically on a NAS over SMB? Or are you talking about something you've seen happen on your local hard drive, which would very likely be a completely different problem? since B20! Say, you /could/ have mentioned it a little sooner ... you've had nearly ten years now to write a bug report, y'know! The only time I've ever seen anything like this is when I've messed up, and the directory hasn't actually been empty, and I only thought it was because I forgot the -a flag to ls, or I've mistyped something or forgotten some perms. Pilot error every time. That's not to say it's impossible, and my first line of attack would be Is this one of those versioning NASs and is it perhaps treating the directory as not-really-empty-because-you-might-want-to-roll-it-back-I-wonder?. FWIW, you can also get this message if some program has an open handle to either the directory itself or some file in that directory. Usually either a service or another shell... Check the cwd of all shells, etc. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous. -- Frank Herbert -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
