Re: [nlug] Can't delete seemingly empty directories

2009-12-10 Thread JMJ
Jack wrote: rm -r -f /delete/my/dir/and/contents William Turner wrote: rm directory -R -f The laptop I was originally having the problem with is back at the office and I haven't been able to try that on that machine. But, I just had the same issue with an old laptop drive. I tried both

Re: [nlug] Can't delete seemingly empty directories

2009-12-10 Thread John F. Eldredge
wrongly is better than not to think at all. -- Hypatia of Alexandria -Original Message- From: JMJ roadr...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:04:50 To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [nlug] Can't delete seemingly empty directories Jack wrote: rm -r -f /delete/my/dir

Re: [nlug] Can't delete seemingly empty directories

2009-12-10 Thread JMJ
John F. Eldredge wrote: Just in case you weren't doing this while logged in as root, Sorry, I should have mentioned that I was logged in as root. I'll try to do some more googling. in case this happens again. Thanks, JMJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google