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Old 12-25-2009
Want to delete a directory on a Unix-Webserver

Hi folks,

I want to delete a folder on my webserver via ftp, but the server said "Operation not permitted".
So I want to delete the folder via ssh - not successfull.
This is what I have done and what the server said:

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Code:
rmdir views

rmdir: views: Directory not empty

cd views
ls -l

total 0

ls -a

. ..

ls -a -l

total 0
drwxrwxrwx 3 [username] ftpusers  6 Dec 25 14:21
drwxrwxrwx 3 [username] ftpusers 18 Dec 25 14:21

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The folder "views" is empty, isnt it?
What can I do?

Hope someone can help..

Greetings,
Joe

Last edited by Scott; 12-25-2009 at 10:58 PM.. Reason: Added code tags
# 2  
Old 12-26-2009
Try;

Code:
rm -r views

# 3  
Old 12-26-2009
Hello Neo,

thanks for comment!

But it doesnt work:

Code:
rm -r views

rm: connot remove directory 'views': Directory not empty

Any idea?

Greetings,
Joe
# 4  
Old 12-26-2009
Code:
rm -rf views

N.B.:rmdir is a command which can only remove an empty directory on a Unix system.
# 5  
Old 12-26-2009
Code:
rm -rf views
rm: cannot remove directory 'views': Directory not empty

# 6  
Old 12-26-2009
Have you tried running fsck on that partition? Maybe the filesystem has errors.

You can reboot and force fsck to run as it reboots if you use
Code:
shutdown -rF now

in a console.
# 7  
Old 12-26-2009
Code:
shutdown -rF now

It is a webserver (Webhosting 1+1), can I do this on a webserver?
 
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