[Cialug] Unable to remove a directory in RedHat7

[Tom Pohl]

How many characters is the full path and what kind of filesystem is it on?

What is the output of the following commands when you are in your deep path:
pwd
mount

-Tom


> On Aug 21, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> tried the \rm -rf path (actually the directory "Portal") but I still get the Directory not empty response.  
> 
> This is a very deep directory structure!  Is there a limit that I somehow passed?
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Tom Pohl <tom at tcpconsulting.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Unable to remove a directory in RedHat7
> 
> 
> If you have an alias that is overriding the -rf flags, you can either specify the full path to rm ie /bin/rm OR you can preface rm with a \ to run the rm in your path instead of the alias:
> \rm -rf path
> 
> -Tom
> 
> 
>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Adam Hill <adam at diginc.us> wrote:
>> 
>> Is there an alias for rm that conflicts with -f in your rc file maybe?
>> 
>> Based off that error I'd guess there hidden dot files.  Try `ls -a dir/`
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 5:26 PM, chris rheinherren <c.rheinherren at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Should be able to do that as root.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have been trying to clean up my old linux box that I used as a server
>>>> and make sure I did not leave anything on there important.  In the
>>> process
>>>> of doing so I have run into a directory that I can't delete.  It says it
>>> is
>>>> not empty but I am unable to see any files in that directory when I am
>>>> logged on as the root user.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a way to remove the directory regardless of whether there are
>>> any
>>>> hidden files in it?
>>>> 
>>>> I tried a command I found on line rm -rf filename but that does not work.
>>>> Just tells me directory is not empty.
>>>> 
>>>> Suggestions?
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