I got a problem in WindowsXP. I installed some sourcecode to compile using Cygwin. Now I cannot seem to be able to remove/delete folders/files using the "rm -Rf" force command in Cygwin. Here is a detailed listing of the folder/files:
CompiledLibraries/: total 0 drwx------+ 3 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 SDL-1.2.7 drwx------+ 3 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 SDL_net-1.2.5 CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7: total 0 drwx------+ 16 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 src CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src: total 0 dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Kevin ???????? 0 Jun 5 2004 .deps dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Kevin ???????? 0 Jun 5 2004 .libs drwx------+ 25 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 audio drwx------+ 18 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 cdrom drwx------+ 4 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 cpuinfo drwx------+ 4 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 endian drwx------+ 4 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 events drwx------+ 4 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 file drwx------+ 3 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 hermes drwx------+ 15 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 joystick drwx------+ 4 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 main drwx------+ 4 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 thread drwx------+ 4 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 timer drwx------+ 34 Kevin ???????? 0 Dec 7 14:08 video CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/.deps: total 13 -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 1732 Jun 5 2004 SDL.Plo -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 4076 Jun 5 2004 SDL_error.Plo -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 1816 Jun 5 2004 SDL_fatal.Plo -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 91 Jun 5 2004 SDL_getenv.Plo -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 3919 Jun 5 2004 SDL_loadso.Plo CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/.libs: total 13595 -r-xr-xr-x 1 Kevin ???????? 2746619 Jun 5 2004 SDL.dll -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 22987 Jun 5 2004 SDL.o -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 378828 Jun 5 2004 SDL_error.o -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 21497 Jun 5 2004 SDL_fatal.o -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 1814 Jun 5 2004 SDL_getenv.o -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 367140 Jun 5 2004 SDL_loadso.o -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 10262308 Jun 5 2004 libSDL.a -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 116176 Jun 5 2004 libSDL.dll.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 Kevin ???????? 12 Jun 5 2004 libSDL.la -> ../libSDL.la -r--r--r-- 1 Kevin ???????? 783 Jun 5 2004 libSDL.lai <snip><snip> Here's a sample output from the command "rm -Rf CompiledLibraries/" ': Permission denied rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xv/.d eps': Directory not empty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xv': Directory not empty rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xxf86dga/.deps/ XF86DGA.Plo': Permission denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xxf86dga/.deps/ XF86DGA2.Plo': Permission denied rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xxf86 dga/.deps': Directory not empty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xxf86 dga': Directory not empty rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xxf86vm/.deps/X F86VMode.Plo': Permission denied rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xxf86 vm/.deps': Directory not empty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86/Xxf86 vm': Directory not empty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video/XFree86': Dir ectory not empty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src/video': Directory n ot empty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7/src': Directory not emp ty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL-1.2.7': Directory not empty rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/libSDL_net.a': Permissi on denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/libSDL_net.exp': Permis sion denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/libSDL_net.la': Permiss ion denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/libSDL_net.lai': Permis sion denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/SDL_net.dll': Permissio n denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/SDL_net.dll-base': Perm ission denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/SDL_net.dll-def': Permi ssion denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/SDL_net.dll-exp': Permi ssion denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/SDL_net.dll-ltdll.c': P ermission denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs/SDL_net.dll-ltdll.o': P ermission denied rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/.libs': Directory n ot empty rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/SDLnet.lo': Permission denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/SDLnetselect.lo': Permission denied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/SDLnetTCP.lo': Permission den ied rm: cannot unlink `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5/SDLnetUDP.lo': Permission den ied rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries/SDL_net-1.2.5': Directory not emp ty rm: cannot remove directory `CompiledLibraries': Directory not empty <snip><snip> But the errors says something about cannot unlink file? Something to do with why the type is ????????? and why there's a + symbol beside every single file in the attributes (eg. drwxrwxrwx+ filename...) There's no root mode in Cygwin, and the files were created under Cygwin/WindowsXP. I tried : $ rm -d * rm: cannot unlink `audio': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `cdrom': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `cpuinfo': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `endian': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `events': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `file': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `hermes': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `joystick': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `main': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `thread': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `timer': Operation not permitted rm: cannot unlink `video': Operation not permitted HELP!! -- 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/
