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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:01:49 +1000
From:      Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au>
To:        "Riley J. McIntire" <rileyjmc@pacbell.net>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Can't delete a directory 
Message-ID:  <200209120401.OAA23152@tungsten.austclear.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Riley J. McIntire" <rileyjmc@pacbell.net>  of "Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:39:01 MST." <HEEELMCBPANKADCOBOFPGECLGFAA.rileyjmc@pacbell.net> 

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rileyjmc@pacbell.net said:
> root@wimp:obj# rm -rf usr/
> rm: usr/fsck_msdosfs: Directory not empty
> rm: usr/: Directory not empty
> root@wimp:obj# 

You aren't somehow using using usr/fsck_msdosfs in some file system
operation, like using it as a mount point?

If you had something mounted you wouldn't be able to delete the
directory.

Just a guess...

Tony
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