Cannot delete it....

[graudeejs]

killasmurf# rm -R tmp
override r-xr-xr-x  root/wheel schg for tmp/temproot/var/empty? y
rm: tmp/temproot/var/empty: Operation not permitted
rm: tmp/temproot/var: Directory not empty
rm: tmp/temproot: Directory not empty
rm: tmp: Directory not empty
killasmurf# cd tmp/temproot/var/
killasmurf# ls -la
total 6
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jul 15 22:10 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jul 15 22:10 ..
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jul 15 09:46 empty
killasmurf# cd empty
killasmurf# ls -la
total 4
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jul 15 09:46 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  512 Jul 15 22:10 ..

I can't delete that dam directory...
and it's empty
i remember there was program for setting some kind of flags....
perhaps it can help.... but i don't remember name....


any ideas?
Ye, and i ran it as root with su


This was left over after i rebuild world

[dk_netsvil]

Are you thinking of the chflags command?

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...lags&sektion=1

Or maybe the chattr command?

http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_chattr.htm

[graudeejs]

Yes, thanks, now reading man

do you have any idea what flag could it be?

[dk_netsvil]

chattr -i should remove the immutable attribute.

[graudeejs]

command not found

[graudeejs]

killasmurf# chflags 0 empty
killasmurf# rm -R empty

solved, thanks

[dk_netsvil]

Ok, you've probably got chflags - I believe the syntax to set the immutable bit for chflags is:

chflags nouchg

or chflags nouunlink

[dk_netsvil]

cool beans.

[Carpetsmoker]

Originally Posted by dk_netsvil

Ok, you've probably got chflags - I believe the syntax to set the immutable bit for chflags is:

chflags nouchg

or chflags nouunlink

uchg is user immutable, not system immutable /var/empty has the system immutable flag set (schg), like the error message indicated:

override r-xr-xr-x  root/wheel schg for tmp/temproot/var/empty? y

As has already been mentioned, you can use chflags(1) to remove the schg flags.
Please note that if your system's securelevel is set then schg (and sappnd) can not be removed for obvious reasons.

[phoenix]

Answering y at the end of a mergemaster run will automatically clear this out for you.