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Re: Undeletable file



On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 judd@wadsworth.org wrote:

> of.  I tried rm, chmod, chown on this file as root: all returned 
> "permission denied".

It's possible that the file has got the immutable flag set, somehow.  Try
chattr -i <filename>

>   br-x----wx    1 28270    8308     114, 114 Dec  9  2023 991203.c
>   ^
> 
> What does the b indicate, and how do I get rid of this file?

b indicates a block device file, which shouldn't affect the ability to
delete it.

What happened to this drive?  Are you sure the hardware is in good working 
order?



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