Can't delete file
 

Hi,

Today a new problem. There is a folder and two files displayed in my debian 6 server. When ever I try to delete it, it wont.It will say "No such file or directory). But it displays the folder and files. I used rm -rf command. I'm with full root permission. How to delete those?

Thanks

Hello,

Could you show us the full directory path, along with a detailed list view of the contents? (ls -al)

Cheers,

Josh

you might want to use the "rmdir" command .

and have a read through some terminal tutorials
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-G...tml/index.html

Even when I try to delete the files via FTP, it said there is no such file, but it is displaying. This is so weird.

Thanks

Is that the actual output of ls -al?

Yes. That's weird. These files are displaying , but not in filesystem. (It is there, but not there).

Try the following:
Also try seeing if you can open the file with vim or such editor. If the file command gives you any output, you know that the file is really there. This is weird indeed.

Solved. Finally deleted it. I have to use .Instead I was using . Thanks for helping a lot and sorry for kinda confusing you.

Hi,

Glad you've got is solved. On a side note, have a look at Bash special characters on how to escape them. This happens when you use a special character like a '\' or others in a filename. I'm sure Josh is still a bit sleepy since he didn't notice it earlier.

Kind regards,

Eric

I thought that looked different. And yes Eric, I am a bit out of it. At first, I thought "He needs to escape the backslash" but didn't think to mention it. Due for my medications.....

Cheers,

Josh