"Jack Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>From: Chris Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Jack Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>CC: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: Cannot delete stubborn files >>Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:39:51 -0400 (EDT) >> >>On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Jack Stone wrote: >> >>>I have 2 files that resists all efforts to delete them. >> >>[...] >> >>>Here are the files and the error message: >>>rm: local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm: Operation not permitted >>>rm: local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Syslog.pm: Operation not permitted >> >>Make sure the files do not have the system immutable flag set: >> >># chflags noschg local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Hostname.pm >># chflags noschg local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/Sys/Syslog.pm >> >> ...and then see if you can't delete them. I don't know why the flag >> would be set, but it's something to try. >> >>HTH. >> >>-- >>Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chris: Tried that at the very first. No joy!
There are other flags. Use "ls -lo" to see if any are set, rather trying to reset them and then retrying the delete command. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
