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Date: | Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:18:08 -0400 |
From: | Paul McFerrin <pmcferrin AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory |
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I've been seeing this same problem since B20! It usually involves deleting a large directory tree with a few thousand files. I just switch to MS-Dos mode and use their rm command without any problem. So yes, looks like more than one person has seen this problem. - Paul Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Michael DOT MacAllister AT empolis DOT com wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am running XP SP2. I have a drive mapped (z:). See mount output. It is >> a >> NAS drive that supports smb. >> >> sh-3.2$ mount >> D:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) >> D:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) >> D:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) >> c: on /cygdrive/c type system (binmode,noumount) >> d: on /cygdrive/d type system (binmode,noumount) >> f: on /cygdrive/f type system (binmode,noumount) >> y: on /cygdrive/y type system (binmode,noumount) >> z: on /cygdrive/z type system (binmode,noumount) >> >> I can read and write to the /z drive and I can delete individual files >> but I >> can't delete folders (rm -rf anypath) from the cygwin command line. I >> get the followning error. >> >> $ rm -rf /s/test/ >> rm: cannot remove directory `/s/test/': Directory not empty >> >> I can delete folders if I use windows explorer, or in a Unix xterm. The >> files belong to the user and are not locked. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Let's start here: > >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Include in your report a onsistent example and 'cygcheck rm' prior to > your > example showing the problem. Also, we need to know what kind of network > drive this is and where it's coming from. My WAG right now is that 'rm' > isn't Cygwin's version outside of 'xterm'. > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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