Re: root can not delete a directory ,why?

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Wednesday 21 December 2005 12:53, Realos wrote:
>hi,
>
>I am completely at loss. I can not delete following empty directory
> as root.
>
>drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   8192 Dec 21 18:14 kolab
>
>I tried "rm -rf kolab", "rmdir -f kolab", "rm -fd kolab" but nothing
>works.
>Error message is:
>
>rm: cannot remove directory `kolab': Device or resource busy
>
Humm, you weren't perchance cd'd into the directory?

>There is nobody logged on the pc except for me with only one login.
>
>Is there a way to check if there hard links on that directory? Or do
> you have any other idea.
>
>Any idea is much appreciated.
>
>
>--
>Realos

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