X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4714AEFF.4040509@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:30:55 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory References: <69D276452CD2904980D5B6AC33C9BE1709492F65@gtlbmlexs0006.bagmail.net> In-Reply-To: <69D276452CD2904980D5B6AC33C9BE1709492F65@gtlbmlexs0006.bagmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Michael.MacAllister@empolis.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'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/