At 11:29 AM 9/12/2005, you wrote: >I've seen a bunch of similar posts online but I don't see any fixes or >resolutions. When ever I try to recursively delete a directory, I get >the following error: > >$ rm -rfv endorsed >removed `endorsed/xalan.jar' >removed `endorsed/xercesImpl.jar' >removed `endorsed/xmlParserAPIs.jar' >rm: cannot remove directory `endorsed': Directory not empty > >I also tried the -d option and that didn't work either. In verbose, it >says that the files in the directory have been deleted but they really >are not. > >Any help?
Welcome to Windows. Some other app has these files locked open. You'll need to find out what that app is and terminate it. You may find "handle" from <http://sysinternals.com/> helpful in finding this info. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
