[vox-tech] Removing Files

[Ken Bloom]

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Can you unmount the partition and fsck it? Something seems broken
about the filesystem.

On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 01:54:09AM -0700, Daniel Hurt wrote:
> I though at first briliant. But:
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> # mkdir ./tmp
> # mv ./movies/* ./tmp
> # rm -rf ./movies
> rm: cannot remove directory `movies': Directory not empty
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> Thanks for the help, I will work on it more in the morning :)
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> Dan
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> Mark K. Kim wrote:
> >There's only one thing to do:
> >
> >   $ pwd
> >   /some/path/to/avi/directory
> >   $ cd ..
> >   $ mkdir tmp
> >   $ mv directory/* tmp
> >   $ rm -rf directory
> >
> >-Mark!!!!
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 20 May 2004, Daniel Hurt wrote:
> >
> >
> >>No luck with the mp3 or avi files.  I have included the excuted commands
> >>and the outcomes below.  Thanks for the suggestions though.
> >>
> >>Mark K. Kim wrote:
> >>
> >>>Try:
> >>>
> >>>  1. `rm -i *.avi` (it'll ask you if you wanna delete each file)
> >>
> >>$ rm -i E*.avi
> >>rm: remove regular file `Eddie_Izzard-Dressed_To_Kill.avi'? n
> >>rm: remove regular file `Enemy_Of_The_State.avi'? n
> >>rm: cannot lstat `Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director\264s
> >>Cut).avi': No such file or directory
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>  2. Removing the file from a graphical program
> >>>     (Konqueror, Nautilus, etc.)
> >>
> >>As stated previously, tried with the gentoo graphical file browser and
> >>did not work.  Tried exporting as suggested by number 3, and the file
> >>still does not show up in the browser.
> >>
> >>
> >>>  3. Try #1 and #2 with charset set to UTF-8
> >>>     (`export LC_ALL=3Den_US.UTF-8` under BASH)
> >>
> >>$ export LC_ALL=3Den_US.UTF-8
> >>$ rm -i E*.avi
> >>rm: remove regular file `Eddie_Izzard-Dressed_To_Kill.avi'? n
> >>rm: remove regular file `Enemy_Of_The_State.avi'? n
> >>rm: cannot lstat `Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director\264s
> >>Cut).avi': No such file or directory
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>-Mark
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Wed, 19 May 2004, Daniel Hurt wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Ryan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Wednesday 19 May 2004 11:26 pm, Daniel Hurt dwhurt-at-ucdavis.edu=
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> >>>>>|lugod|
> >>>>>wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>I have a question regarding deletion of files.  In the conversion =
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> >>>>>>>my
> >>>>>>>files from my windows to Linux, I had some files that had special
> >>>>>>>characters in them.  They copied to the Linux file system, but now=
 I
> >>>>>>>cannot access them to modify them.  I was curious about how to go=
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> >>>>>>>about
> >>>>>>>removing these files:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>ls: ./Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director=B4s Cut).avi: No su=
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> >>>>>>>file
> >>>>>>>or directory
> >>>>>
> >>>>>rm 'Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director=B4s Cut).avi'
> >>>>>would work. so would
> >>>>>rm 'Evil\ Dead\ 3\ -\ Army\ of\ Darkness\ Director\=B4s\ Cut\).avi
> >>>>>
> >>>>>But quoting is usualy easier. Or use tab-compleation... that will=20
> >>>>>escape for
> >>>>>you.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks I tried that already :-)  But still not working.  Here are some
> >>>>examples of the commands that I tried.  I even tried installing a GUI
> >>>>file browser to see if it could see the files but no luck there.
> >>>>
> >>>>--- Tab Completion:
> >>>>$ rm Evil\ Dead\ 3\ -\ Army\ of\ Darkness\ \(Director=B4s\ Cut\).avi
> >>>>rm: cannot remove `Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director\264s
> >>>>Cut).avi': No such file or directory
> >>>>
> >>>>--- Different Quote Tests:
> >>>>$ rm 'Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director`s Cut).avi'
> >>>>rm: cannot remove `Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director`s Cut).av=
i':
> >>>>No such file or directory
> >>>>
> >>>>$ rm "Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director's Cut).avi"
> >>>>rm: cannot remove `Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director\'s
> >>>>Cut).avi': No such file or directory
> >>>>
> >>>>$ rm "Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director=B4s Cut).avi"
> >>>>rm: cannot remove `Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director\264s
> >>>>Cut).avi': No such file or directory
> >>>>
> >>>>
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