Problem Removing a Directory !!!

gauravsachan · #1 (**permalink**) 03-14-2007

Hi All,
When i remove a directory , the following error message comes :
rm: cannot determine if this is an ancestor of the current working directory
Is it something to do with the permissisons ?

The path is /PBAMLftp/incoming/misc/July06 - (where i need to remove the July06 directory)
And the different permissions for the directories are as follows :

drwxrwx--- 9 globus globus 512 Mar 14 11:18 incoming
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drwxrwxrwx 4 globus globus 3584 Mar 14 11:18 misc
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drwxr-xr-x 2 oraclepbdw dba 2560 Mar 14 11:44 July06
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Please advice !!
Thanks

blowtorch · #2 (**permalink**) 03-14-2007

This means that the rm command is confused as to whether you are removing a directory that is part of the path of the pwd. There may be a link or something that is causing this.

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