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kdvgent
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 Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:44 pm Post subject: SOLVED - Unable to remove file |
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mycomputer /home/karel/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020 Jean van der Donk/201909 # ls -al
total 1024
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:22 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 karel users 52186 Aug 15 12:03 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
mycomputer /home/karel/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020/201909 # rm 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
rm: cannot remove 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt': No such file or directory
mycomputer /home/karel/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020/201909 # rm -f 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
mycomputer /home/karel/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020/201909 # ls -al
total 1024
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:22 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 karel users 52186 Aug 15 12:03 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
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The file cannot be opened by Libreoffice writer neither. LibreOffice gives the same error message (file does not exist).
Any suggestion how I can get rid of that file? On the internet, I find all kind of suggestions on how deleting files with strange characters in the name but that is not my case.
Many thanks in advance.
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APolozov
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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You can try to use filemask to delete or rename this file, rm *201909*odt for example.
And may be you want check filesystem, because filename look as well
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DaggyStyle
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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try this:
| Code: | | rm -rf OvdP\ GentII\ 201909\ Uitnodiging.odt |
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kdvgent
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:25 pm Post subject: No luck |
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Thanks for the suggestion but - no luck.
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karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020/201909 $ rm -rf 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020/201909 $ ls -al
total 1024
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:22 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 karel users 52186 Aug 15 12:03 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020/201909 $
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DaggyStyle
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | dagg@NCC-5001D ~ $ cd /tmp
dagg@NCC-5001D /tmp $ touch OvdP\ GentII\ 201909\ Uitnodiging.odt
dagg@NCC-5001D /tmp $ chmod a+x OvdP\ GentII\ 201909\ Uitnodiging.odt
dagg@NCC-5001D /tmp $ ll *.odt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dagg dagg 0 Aug 17 19:03 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
dagg@NCC-5001D /tmp $ rm -rf OvdP\ GentII\ 201909\ Uitnodiging.odt
dagg@NCC-5001D /tmp $ ll *.odt
ls: cannot access '*.odt': No such file or directory |
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kdvgent
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:17 pm Post subject: Still no luck |
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karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020 Jean van der Donk/201909 $ touch 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
touch: cannot touch 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt': No such file or directory
karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020 Jean van der Donk/201909 $ chmod a+x 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
chmod: cannot access 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt': No such file or directory
karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020 Jean van der Donk/201909 $ ls -al
total 1024
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:22 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 karel users 52186 Aug 15 12:03 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020 Jean van der Donk/201909 $ rm -rf 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
karel@mycomputer ~/data/OvdP Gent II/2019-2020 Jean van der Donk/201909 $ ls -al
total 1024
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 karel users 0 Aug 17 16:22 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 karel users 52186 Aug 15 12:03 'OvdP GentII 201909 Uitnodiging.odt'
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To my understanding, the file does not exist anymore on disk but is still listed in the directory. Do not know how this is possible.
But again, thanks for your suggestions |
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kdvgent
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:29 pm Post subject: Additional info |
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I assume I should give the following information:
The file is physically on a remote zfs filesystem (FreeNAS).
The zfs filesystem is reported healthy. |
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kdvgent
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:36 pm Post subject: Solution |
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| Once I remembered that the file was on a zfs filesystem on FreeNAS, I could delete the file by logging in into the FreeNAS server via ssh and delete the file there. |
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DaggyStyle
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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glad it worked out for you but just to point out, you've never tried my suggestion.
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