[vox-tech] Removing Files

Doctorcam vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 20 May 2004 07:41:55 -0700


* Daniel Hurt (dwhurt@ucdavis.edu) wrote:
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> Milver S. Nisay wrote:
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> >>No luck with the mp3 or avi files.  I have included the excuted commands
> >>and the outcomes below.  Thanks for the suggestions though.
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> >check if the files are immutables?  are you deleting the file using root?
> >have you tried rm -rf ? what about modifying file attribute to 777 and=
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> >chmod
> >root.root ALLFILES
> >then delete them again using rm -rf ?
> >
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> Sorry cannot stat the files at all.  The only evidence that I have that=
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> they are there is the error messages that get from the commands=20
> complaining that such and such file is not there.  For instance:
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> $ ls -R ./movies
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> would error with this:
> ls: movies/Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director=B4s Cut).avi: No such=
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> file or directory
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> So Any command that tries and access the files errors.
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> Thanks though.
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> Dan
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> >hope this helps//
> >milver

Why has no-one mentioned Midnight Commander?  F8 will wipe out
anything, and if you just want to rename them, use F6.

Cheers

Cam

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