Re: Can't remove directory-why?

From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 10:44:43 EDT


Perhaps there is still an open file in there, but it's been deleted so you
can't see it.
Try fuser -dV /u14

Simon Green
Philip Morris ITSC Europe

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken_Sedlacek@KYRUS.COM [mailto:Ken_Sedlacek@KYRUS.COM]
> Sent: 07 August 2002 15:31
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Can't remove directory-why?
>
>
> I have an H50 (AIX 4.3.3.10).
>
> I am trying to remove all data on the /u14 fs.
>
> I keep getting the error message: rmdir: 0653-611 Directory
> PROD is not
> empty.
>
> There are no files in any of these directories:
> /app/prodmgr/1103/common/PROD
>
> console output:
> Hotspare:root:[/u14/app/prodmgr/1103/common/PROD]
> (800)==> rm * -r
> rm: *: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
> rm: -r: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
>
> Hotspare:root:[/u14/app/prodmgr/1103/common/PROD]
> (801)==> cd ..
>
> Hotspare:root:[/u14/app/prodmgr/1103/common]
> (802)==> rmdir PROD
> rmdir: 0653-611 Directory PROD is not empty.



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