On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Johan Kruger wrote: > Hi, > > Please help, on my Windows2000 machine a failed build script has left a > directory on my machine that I am unable to delete, I have searched the > internet, tried chmod to no avail, even tried shred. I am in a bit of > confusion at this stage. > > Thanks, > Johan Kruger
Johan, What program do you use to delete directories? What message are you getting when you try to delete that directory? If you get "permission denied", what is the output of 'ls -ld <dir>'? What about 'getfacl <dir>'? Who is the owner of the directory? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/