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Cannot delete directory: non empty because a crazy symlink

Hi there:

On trying to remove a directory the system complaints that either it is not empty, or it's not a directory, or it does not exist.

When doing the directory listing it alternatively gives:

Code:

rleal@steele:~> ls -lai

ls: cannot access .ENX: Not a directory

total 0

1107332729 drwx------ 2 rleal users 0 Mar  8 20:46 .

  49931132 drwx------ 3 rleal users 0 Mar 10 16:38 ..

        ? l????????? ? ?    ?    ?            ? .ENX



rleal@steele:~> ls -lai

ls: cannot read symbolic link .ENX: Not a directory

total 0

1107332729 drwx------ 2 rleal users 0 Mar  8 20:46 .

  49931132 drwx------ 3 rleal users 0 Mar 10 16:38 ..

1107528392 lrwxrwxrwx 1 rleal users 4 Mar  6 21:47 .ENX

No matter how I try to remove the file, it always complaints with the not a directory message:

Code:

rleal@steele:~> find . -inum 1107528392 -exec rm -rf {} \;

find: `./.ENX': Not a directory

The file system is a Iomega StorCcenter ix2 locally mounted on a cifs share. Also tried sshfs and even access from a DO$ console to no avail.
Any ideas?

Tnkx

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfsleal

The file system is a Iomega StorCcenter ix2 locally mounted on a cifs share.

Try deleting it from the host (Iomega / Windows-based?) system instead.

Same answer as anomie
But also try using sudo before rm and - instead of using recursive remove (-r) try only with force (-f)

No way as sudo. However the host runs a 2.6.31.8 linux. I could login as root on a ssh shell and got rid of the whole directory tree.

Thanks for your help!