Message-ID: <4714AEFF.4040509@cygwin.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:30:55 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Unable to recirsively delete a directory
References: <69D276452CD2904980D5B6AC33C9BE1709492F65 AT gtlbmlexs0006 DOT bagmail DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

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'.

-- 
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/