[Cialug] Unable to remove a directory in RedHat7

[chris rheinherren]

Should be able to do that as root.


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I have been trying to clean up my old linux box that I used as a server
> and make sure I did not leave anything on there important.  In the process
> of doing so I have run into a directory that I can't delete.  It says it is
> not empty but I am unable to see any files in that directory when I am
> logged on as the root user.
>
> Is there a way to remove the directory regardless of whether there are any
> hidden files in it?
>
> I tried a command I found on line rm -rf filename but that does not work.
>  Just tells me directory is not empty.
>
> Suggestions?
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