On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Somehow, I got a corrupted file on my system: > > bash-2.00# ls -l /root/Mail/ > total 269488144 > c---r----- 8240 8224 8224 32, 48 Aug 2 1995 drafts > > I can't delete it! > > bash-2.00# chown root drafts > chown: drafts: Operation not permitted > > bash-2.00# rm -f drafts > rm: drafts: Operation not permitted > > What can I do to get rid of it?
As root can you chmod 700 drafts and then try rm -f drafts? -- Colin R. Telmer, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations School of Policy Studies Building, Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L-3N6 (613)545-6000x4219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key at <URL:http://terrapin.econ.queensu.ca> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .