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Old 07-04-2008
rm: Unable to remove directory /mnt/users/test/logs/: File exists
rm: Unable to remove directory /mnt/users/test/logs/: File exists

ls -latr

total 191208
drwxrwxrwx 6 test echo 4096 Jul 3 22:36 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 test echo 97692804 Jul 3 22:36 .nfsDFA4
drwxrwxr-x 2 test echo 4096 Jul 3 23:00 .


M not able to delete ".nfsDFA4" file.


Please suggest.

Thanks,
Solitare123
# 2  
Old 07-04-2008
If it is a mount point , log into the machine where the file is present physically and delete it..
# 3  
Old 07-04-2008
If you have lsof, try to grep the filename on it's output and see which process has it opened.

EDIT: Maybe use "fuser -u <filename>" too
Last edited by zaxxon; 07-04-2008 at 04:21 AM..
# 4  
Old 07-04-2008
If its on a NFS mount point, you must delete it from the NFS server itself. Could be perssion issues. And you can't delete a directory staright away if it consists of files in it, unless you perform a rm -rf (use with care!)
# 5  
Old 08-12-2008
Had the same problem. Thanks zaxxon, Your Solution Worked For Me!
Had a directory called "play". Looked empty.
But had a .nfs<xxxx> file that would not go away.
From the parent directory, I executed:

fuser -u play/.*

The result included:

play/.:
play/.nfsC54A: 5794o(esmith)

I then executed:

kill -9 5940
rmdir play

Voila! Smilie
 
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