Original e-mail from: WipeOut (wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx): > > > > > > >Naw let's not let Fedora get the best of us. Two questions; > >1. are you doing this as root? > >2. is your rm command aliased to something else? (try "alias rm" to check). > > > > > > > > > Yes I am root.. > Output from alias rm.. > [root@dev02 i386]# alias rm > alias rm='rm -i' > > > I have rebooted the system so I doubt its an open file or a hung process.. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list I'm seeing a lot of good suggestion from others on this list. Just for kicks try un-aliasing rm unalias rm and then do the ls -i find -inum XXXX -exec rm -rf {} \; OR replace rm -rf with rmdir in the find command as someone else on the list suggested. -- Gunnar vS Kramm San Francisco, CA (415)440-1732 <home> (415)420-1860 <cell> GPG public-key -------------- http://www.gunnarkramm.com/keys/gkramm.gpg
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