A question about mounten

thomas2004ch · 05-24-2011, 04:38 AM

Hi,

I want to delete a directory '/mnt/me' but got error message like:

Code:

rm: cannot remove `/mnt/me//ASendke/Listen/Status_Mtext.xls': Text file busy

I know this is because this directory is mounted.

How can I unmount this dir so I can delete it?

Thomas

TobiSGD · 05-24-2011, 04:51 AM

If you unmount a directory you can't delete a file in it. This error message means that the file you want to delete is opened by a program. You can find out which program has the file open with th lsof command.

16pide · 05-24-2011, 06:35 AM

try

Code:

fuser /mnt/me//ASendke/Listen/Status_Mtext.xls

then run this to know the command name (replace xxxxxx with the process number given above):

Code:

ps -edf|grep xxxxxx

it will tell you which process is using that file. I bet it's OpenOffice.
close that file in that program, then you can delete it if you want

thomas2004ch · 05-24-2011, 08:39 AM

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply.

The problem is solved. I have to unmount the mounted directory first.

Thomas.

MTK358 · 05-24-2011, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas2004ch

How can I unmount this dir so I can delete it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomas2004ch

The problem is solved. I have to unmount the mounted directory first.

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Anyway, mark the thread as solved.