Johan, Well, for one, why not use "rm -rf" instead? I'm not at all sure the -d flag is even implemented on Cygwin.
Also, the value "mkgroup_l_d" for your group means that your /etc/group doesn't contain the group of the file owner. Please make sure it's up to date (see <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html>). If the above still doesn't help, perhaps someone more knowledgeable in ntsec behavior can chime in. BTW, can you delete the directory using Windows explorer (I'm not suggesting this as a workaround, just a data point)? Igor On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Johan Kruger wrote: > Hi, > > I am using rm -df <dir> > > getfacl <dir>: > # file: build_insight/ > # owner: jkr > # group: mkgroup_l_d > user:rwx > user:jkr:rwx > mask:rwx > other:rwx > default:user:rwx > default:group:rwx > > ls -ld <dir>: > drwxrwxrwx+ 18 jkr mkgroup_ 4096 Aug 21 13:08 > build_insight/ > > I hope that you can help, I am a newbie at this unix stuff. > > Thanks, > Johan Kruger > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 August 2003 05:00 > To: Johan Kruger > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Failing to delete files that is hold by makegroup > > > 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/
