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- From: dlj@fc.hp.com
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- Subject: Re: A directory that CANNOT be removed.
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 06:56:40 GMT
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- Stuart Jarriel (stuart@TIVOLI.COM) wrote:
- : Has anyone else been able (HPUX 8.07) to create a directory that
- : cannot be removed? ls with all of it's options fails to show any
- : files in it, a program using scandir() thinks it's empty, yet
- : rm -f or rmdir tells me that it cannot be deleted, it's not empty.
- :
- : We are creating the directory programattically (havent isolated it
- : yet), and can find NO WAY to delete it.
- :
- : stuart
-
- You may have some sort of weird filename that doesn't list through
- an 'ls'. What happens if you do a "rm -ir" of the mysterious
- directory? This should (try to) list any files it thinks is
- in the directory...
-
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