Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file fin2009_4.txt.gz in the unix ftp server. Owner of the file is: ftpusr.

Code:

-rw-r--r--   1 ftpusr   sap          0 Feb 19 10:19 fin2009_4.txt.gz

When I try to delete this file after copying to my home folder, I am getting the following error.

Code:

rm:  fin2009_4.txt.gz1: override protection 644 (yes/no)?

Pleae let me know how do I delete this file withoug being prompted?

I tried changing the owner of the file by using the below, but no success.

Code:

chown <MY_USER_NAME> fin2009_4.txt.gz

chown: fin2009_4.txt.gz: Not owner

Please help.

Code:

rm -f

would delete it without asking for confirmation.

The y/n question is more about permissions than about ownership. If you have write permissions to the directory, you can delete it. If the file doesn't belong to you, or it doesn't have write permissions for you, then it will ask.

Thanks Scott. I am able to delete the files now.

I have a problem something similar to this. I copied a directory from one of my fellow users belonging to the same user group to my home path. I still the see the actual owner's name. How do I make myself the owner of the directory that is copied to my directory. I used chown and it doesn't work.

Code:

drwxr-xr-x   8 user1 usergrp       1024 Jan 14 13:53 Financials

I have copied the directory Financials to my home directory. Now I need to change the owner from user1 to user2 (my user id). When I use "chown" it is throwing an error

Code:

chown user2 Financials
chown: Financials: Not owner

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I even asked user1 to issue the command chown and even he gets the same message that he is not a owner. It is weird.

If you use cp, make sure the -p option is not used. Perhaps you have an alias set to "cp -p" somewhere. What happens if you issue:

Code:

\cp -r Financials Financials2

Financials2 should have you as the owner this time.

If that is the case you can then remove Financials:

Code:

rm -rf Financials

and

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mv Financials2 Financials

It works. Thanks a lot for your prompt response.