Re: Removing a "busy" text file?

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On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:11 pm, Mike Klinke flailed at a keyboard and 
produced this:
> On Sunday 30 January 2005 13:59, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> Â
> > How could the file be busy? ÂI'm not looking at it in any other
> > program. ÂI've tried to delete it in several ways, even su'ing to
> > root to do so.
> >
> > Any thoughts? ÂWhat could be causing this, and how can I fix it?
> 
> As root, does "lsof <filename>" show any processes associated with 
> the file?

# lsof Concerning\ Hobbits.mp3

yields nothing.  Bah.

Something I forgot to mention: the directory ~/music is actually a symlink to 
a Samba share on a RH8 computer in my house which has all of our MP3 files.

-- 
Slainte,
Richard S. Crawford (mailto: rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com
"You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus."
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