[Cialug] Unable to remove a directory in RedHat7

[Scott Yates]

If you are unable to remove the directory manually, you might have a file
system problem.

fsck time maybe?


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:

> Is SELinux on?
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Tom Pohl <tom at tcpconsulting.com> wrote:
> > Was that directory created via samba? Can you go over samba to try to
> delete it?
> >
> > -Tom
> >
> >
> >> On Aug 21, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Here is the command string that I entered.
> >>
> >> find Portal -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} \;
> >>
> >> It ran without any errors but the Portal directory is still there.  I
> don't really understand the command line.  I substituted the directory name
> in place of /dir but nothing else.  Is that correct? I ran the command line
> while I as already at the directory that contains the directory Portal.
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Paul Gray <gray at cs.uni.edu>
> >> To: cialug at cialug.org
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:08 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Unable to remove a directory in RedHat7
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 08/21/2014 07:47 PM, Tom Pohl wrote:
> >>> Can you try to mv the folder to a higher level like
> /usr/local/samba/public/extended/
> >>>
> >>> -Tom
> >>
> >> rm -rf can get hung up on unusual filenames, but "find" isn't as
> finicky.
> >>
> >> Just try:
> >>
> >>   find /dir -type f -exec rm {} \;
> >>
> >> Watch for error messages - they'll expose the culprit.  The above will
> >> leave all of the directories in place though.
> >>
> >> If it goes through, you can also try clipping all directories one-deep:
> >>
> >>   find /dir -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} \;
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
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