On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:09:36 -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

On 08/24/2017 03:51 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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Hello: This occurs in openSUSE Leap 42.2. user@linux:~> cd tempdir user@linux:~/tempdir> ls -l total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg user@linux:~/tempdir> rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory user@linux:~/tempdir> su Password: linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory linux:/home/user/tempdir # I can open and copy the file but I cannot delete it. I can not delete the copied file either. linux:/home/user/tempdir # cp -a image1.jpg ../tempdir2 linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -l ../tempdir2 total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm ../tempdir2/image1.jpg rm: cannot remove '../tempdir2/image1.jpg': No such file or directory The file system is ext3 on a raid1 array partition. I did a fsck -f on the partition which did not fix the problem (fsck did not report any error). How can I solve this? Thanks, Istvan

What are perms of the directory?

linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -ld ../tempdir drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 22 13:09 ../tempdir/ Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:23:33 +0000, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:

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On Aug 24, 2017, at 16:17:48, Istvan Gabor wrote:

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:09:36 -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

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On 08/24/2017 03:51 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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Hello: This occurs in openSUSE Leap 42.2. user@linux:~> cd tempdir user@linux:~/tempdir> ls -l total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg user@linux:~/tempdir> rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory user@linux:~/tempdir> su Password: linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory linux:/home/user/tempdir # I can open and copy the file but I cannot delete it. I can not delete the copied file either. linux:/home/user/tempdir # cp -a image1.jpg ../tempdir2 linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -l ../tempdir2 total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm ../tempdir2/image1.jpg rm: cannot remove '../tempdir2/image1.jpg': No such file or directory The file system is ext3 on a raid1 array partition. I did a fsck -f on the partition which did not fix the problem (fsck did not report any error). How can I solve this? Thanks, Istvan

What are perms of the directory?

linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -ld ../tempdir drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 22 13:09 ../tempdir/

Could be for some reason the device on which this directory exists was mounted read-only.

No. It is mounted rw and I can delete other files. Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:29:29 -0700, Lew Wolfgang wrote:

On 08/24/2017 01:17 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:09:36 -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

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On 08/24/2017 03:51 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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Hello: This occurs in openSUSE Leap 42.2. user@linux:~> cd tempdir user@linux:~/tempdir> ls -l total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg user@linux:~/tempdir> rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory user@linux:~/tempdir> su Password: linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory linux:/home/user/tempdir # I can open and copy the file but I cannot delete it. I can not delete the copied file either. linux:/home/user/tempdir # cp -a image1.jpg ../tempdir2 linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -l ../tempdir2 total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm ../tempdir2/image1.jpg rm: cannot remove '../tempdir2/image1.jpg': No such file or directory The file system is ext3 on a raid1 array partition. I did a fsck -f on the partition which did not fix the problem (fsck did not report any error). How can I solve this? Thanks, Istvan

What are perms of the directory?

linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -ld ../tempdir drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 22 13:09 ../tempdir/

Maybe a non-printing character got into the filename that rm doesn't fancy? Can you do a "rm -i *" in the directory and answer y or n appropriately?

I tried this before posting, didn't work. linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm -i * rm: remove regular file 'image1.jpg'? y rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:09:40 +0200, Mathias Homann wrote:

Am Donnerstag, 24. August 2017, 22:44:41 CEST schrieb Istvan Gabor:

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linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm -i * rm: remove regular file 'image1.jpg'? y rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory

show me "lsattr image1.jpg"

linux:/home/user/tempdir # lsattr image1.jpg ---------------- image1.jpg Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:14:31 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:44:41 +0200 Istvan Gabor wrote:

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On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:29:29 -0700, Lew Wolfgang wrote:

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On 08/24/2017 01:17 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:09:36 -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:

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On 08/24/2017 03:51 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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Hello: This occurs in openSUSE Leap 42.2. user@linux:~> cd tempdir user@linux:~/tempdir> ls -l total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg user@linux:~/tempdir> rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory user@linux:~/tempdir> su Password: linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm image1.jpg rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory linux:/home/user/tempdir # I can open and copy the file but I cannot delete it. I can not delete the copied file either. linux:/home/user/tempdir # cp -a image1.jpg ../tempdir2 linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -l ../tempdir2 total 3080 -rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm ../tempdir2/image1.jpg rm: cannot remove '../tempdir2/image1.jpg': No such file or directory The file system is ext3 on a raid1 array partition. I did a fsck -f on the partition which did not fix the problem (fsck did not report any error). How can I solve this? Thanks, Istvan

What are perms of the directory?

linux:/home/user/tempdir # ls -ld ../tempdir drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 22 13:09 ../tempdir/

Maybe a non-printing character got into the filename that rm doesn't fancy? Can you do a "rm -i *" in the directory and answer y or n appropriately?

I tried this before posting, didn't work.

linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm -i * rm: remove regular file 'image1.jpg'? y rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory

Thanks,

Istvan

'lsof | grep image1.jpg' might show a process has the file (which is scheduled for deletion) open. It can't be fully deleted until it's been fully released is my guess. YMMV

This gives nothing. linux:/home/user/tempdir # lsof | grep image1.jpg lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1001/gvfs Output information may be incomplete. linux:/home/user/tempdir # I cannot delete the file even after reboot. Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:20:38 -0700, Fraser_Bell wrote:

On 2017-08-24 12:51, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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Hello:

This occurs in openSUSE Leap 42.2.

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How can I solve this?

Thanks,

Istvan

Try booting to root console (runlevel 3) by appending 3 to the boot parameters, then try deleting.

I booted to root console as you suggested and I could delete the file. Still I am interested what is the reason I could not delete it either as the owner of the file or as root when booted to graphical mode. Especially, what is that property of the file which is inherited when copying the file and prevents deletion? Thanks again, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 2017-08-25 11:04, Richmond wrote:

Have you done a file system check on the partition?

I wonder if the file name is linked, via the ln command, to a different non-existent file. (But I don't know a command to see that information).

-rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg The '1' means no hard link. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

On 08/25/2017 11:04, Richmond wrote:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 3147776 Dec 16 2016 image1.jpg

The '1' means no hard link.

Perhaps, as root, try chmod 777 ??? Also, in case of bizarre character in name, perhaps try rm *.jp* Of course, you know anything else in the directory with .jp in the name will disappear. -- -Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell on the forums, IRC, and mail at openSUSE.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/25/2017 03:42 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 2017-08-25 01:50, Istvan Gabor wrote:

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I booted to root console as you suggested and I could delete the file. Still I am interested what is the reason I could not delete it either as the owner of the file or as root when booted to graphical mode. Especially, what is that property of the file which is inherited when copying the file and prevents deletion?

My bet is the name. Some char in it that was not ascii, and the terminal did not copy. Maybe an space at the end or start.

You might have tried bash completion instead of typing the name, but I think you tried the *.

Istvan: I misread, I see you *did* delete the file. My guess, though, would be the same, some character not ASCII. Either that, or something was holding it open while you were in the GUI and blocking attempts to delete it. -- -Gerry Makaro aka Fraser_Bell on the forums, IRC, and mail at openSUSE.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/24/2017 10:44 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

linux:/home/user/tempdir # rm -i * rm: remove regular file 'image1.jpg'? y rm: cannot remove 'image1.jpg': No such file or directory

As you wrote, the problem is solved - or at least gone - now, however, I just wanted to mention that the next step would have been to run rm via 'strace -v' to see which system call was failing. Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org