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Operating Systems AIX Can not delete Directory Post 302197661 by Clevelaw on Wednesday 21st of May 2008 10:53:36 AM
Old 05-21-2008
Java Determined the problem, not solution

I came back to this problem and found what was causing the empty directories to not be deletable.
A build script was running "dos2unix BUILD/*"
this caused the directories under the BUILD directory to be converted somehow. I guess dos2unix does something to the directory file/header that corrupts it. The directories disappear from BUILD, but are still being tracked somehow.
The only solution I have so far is to recreate the partition.

So, on AIX5.3, don't run dos2unix on directory names.

Thanks,
 

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dos2unix(1)						      General Commands Manual						       dos2unix(1)

NAME
dos2unix - mtools utility to convert a DOS file to UNIX SYNOPSIS
dos2unix msdosfile OPTIONS
None OPERANDS
Name of the file to convert. DESCRIPTION
The dos2unix command converts a file from DOS format to UNIX format. The converted file replaces the original file. Subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '' separator are supported. If you use the '' separator or wildcards, you must enclose file names in quotes to protect them from the shell. The mcd command can be used to establish the device and the current working directory (relative to DOS), otherwise the default is A:. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: Success. Failure. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of dos2unix: If set, this variable names the file that contains the name of the current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this variable is not set, the file $HOME/.mcwd is used. FILES
Contains the name of the current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this file does not exist, the default mtools working directory is A:. Executable file SEE ALSO
Commands: mcopy(1), mread(1), mtools(1) mtype(1), mwrite(1) dos2unix(1)
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