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Subject:	Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
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Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> Paul McFerrin wrote:
>> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>>> Michael.MacAllister wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>>> 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'.
>>>
>> 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.
>
>
> I'll extend the same invitation to you as well then.  If you can provide
> a reproducible problem report, that would be helpful.  Please use don't
> provide it in the context of B20 though. ;-)
>
Hey, I'm trying to forget the B20 days but someone keeps reminding me of 
found memories of those days.  I've keep closing the book on B20 but 
some how it just pops open.  :-(

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