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Re: rm: cannot remove directory `coreutils-7.3/lib': Directory not empty


From: Matthew Woehlke
Subject: Re: rm: cannot remove directory `coreutils-7.3/lib': Directory not empty
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 14:03:35 -0500
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binutils wrote:
I couldn't remove coreutils-7.3 directory after installation, even if using
sudo.

bash-4.0$ rm -rf coreutils-7.3/
rm: cannot remove directory `coreutils-7.3/lib': Directory not empty

I've seen problems like that where 'chmod -R +w coreutils-7.3/' would fix it. (If that works, however, it's still IMHO a problem that should be addressed.)

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