"No such file or directory" when using wild card
I am using Ubuntu 11.10.
I try to delete a directory using Code:
sudo rmdir Peter/test9 Code:
rmdir: failed to remove `Peter/test9': Directory not empty Code:
sudo ls Peter/test9 Code:
sudo rm Peter/test9/* Code:
sudo rm Peter/test9/*.* Code:
rm: cannot remove `Peter/test9/*': No such file or directory Code:
rm: cannot remove `Peter/test9/*.*': No such file or directory Thanks, Peter. |
rmdir command will delete only empty directory, and that's why you're getting error Directory not empty. But in order to remove non-empty directory or it's content, use -r option with rm as:
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rm -r /path/to/dir Code:
ls -la Peter/test9/* |
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sudo rmdir -r Peter/test9 Code:
rmdir: invalid option -- 'r' I tried Code:
ls -la Peter/test9/* Code:
ls: cannot access Peter/test9/*: No such file or directory Peter |
Once try -R option with rm.
Also did you check Code:
ls -la /Peter/test9/* |
Try
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ls -al path/to/file/.*. |
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sudo rmdir -R Peter/test9 Code:
ls -la /Peter/test9/* |
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sudo ls -al Peter/test9/.*. |
Can you cd in test9 dir?? run pwd from there
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pwd |
Ok, you may be running it from your current dir.
Anyway, once check that does Peter and test9 directories exist or not:- Code:
ls -ld Peter test9 Code:
ls -la Peter/test9 |
When you run ls -al what dir are you in
It looks like you are in /var/www/Dracula |
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Thanks, Peter. |
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sudo ls -ld Peter test9 Code:
sudo ls -la Peter/test9 |
From Dracula, ls -l shows correct permissions
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I take it you are a member of www-data
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