how can I force a file to be deleted?

[tody4]

I have tried rm -dRf on a directory and I get directory is not empty. I have tried rm -f on the file in the directory, then a ls shows the file is still there. how can I get rid of it? I'm logged in as root.

TIA

[pilla]

rm -rf ?
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[plasmagunman]

do you get any error after doing rm -f on the file? if not i would propose a forced fsck, to check if the filesystem is still allright.
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[tody4]

rm -f doesn't give an error and rm -rf doesn't give an error on the file itself. If I try rm -rf from the /usr/portage directory I get an error about the directory not being empty. How would I do a forced fsck?

[plasmagunman]

[tody4]

Thanks for the help. I had to emerge the reiserfsprogs and then run fsck.reiserfs. It worked, the file had a bad hash and was cleared.