GNU bug report logs - #14951
Cannot rm file

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "ryan.fox <at> bell.ca" <ryan.fox <at> bell.ca>

Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 14951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: "ryan.fox <at> bell.ca" <ryan.fox <at> bell.ca>, 14951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14951: Cannot rm file
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:31:33 +0100
On 07/25/2013 07:18 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:
> 
>> On 07/25/2013 04:03 PM, ryan.fox <at> bell.ca wrote:
>>> Cannot delete file:
>>>
>>> # rm web.process.heartbeat
>>> rm: cannot remove `web.process.heartbeat': No such file or directory
>>> # rm -f web.process.heartbeat
>>> # ll
>>> ls: cannot access web.process.heartbeat: No such file or directory
>>> total 0
>>> ?????????? ? ? ? ?            ? web.process.heartbeat
>>
>> Notice the "? " at the start of the file name.
>> Seems like you have a file with non standard characters in the name.
> 
> I don't think so, it's rather the unknown date.

Yes probably. Not sure how I missed the other ? :)
Still seems like an issue outside of rm.
I'd suggest running a check on your file system.

thanks,
Pádraig.





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