Ignacio, You can try ls -a to see if there are any hidden files. To remove the directory you can use the -R switch to rm that makes it recursive, i.e. rm -fR /usr/local/Windows, and that should do it. Still should be as root though.
Regards. On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 14:48, Ignacio Más Ivars wrote: > Hi, all: > > I have a really weird behaviour in my Debian box. I wanted to clean out > today the wine installation that I have removing all the installed > Windows programs under /usr/local/Windows.... so I just cd ther and rm > -r as root... The funny thing is the the 'Program files' subdirectory > cannot be erased because it complains that 'Program files\Accesories' is > not empty! I have moved there as root and looked inside and there is > nothing in the directory... I have even use Midnight Commander to look > for a weird hidden file or subdir and I see absolutely nothing, yet, 'rm > -r -f' as root complains that the subdir is not empty... Have I been > hacked some way is there a way to check the content of the filesystem in > a reliable manner? Can I do any other kind of test? or is there a way to > force (more than rm -f) the erasing of a directory? I have even upgraded > the package of coreutils, to get a new binary for ls, just in case it > had been tampered with... and it still it shows nothing but I am unable > to erase it... > > Any suggestions? > Please, Cc: to my mail! > Thanks in advance for the help! > > /Nacho > > -- > ,,, > (o o) > --ooO--(_)---Ooo----------- > Compatible: Gracefully accepts erroneous data from any source. > > --oo0--------0oo----------- > > -- Kourosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
