Re: [OT] deleting dot files on remote server with ftp

2003-08-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Alan Shutko wrote: > Tim writes: > > I'm using ftp or lftp, and find a file called (eg) .nfs80301. > > Some process has an open handle to the file over NFS. > > When you have a program with a file open over NFS, but delete the > file (over nfs) the file is renamed as you see it. When the process

Re: [OT] deleting dot files on remote server with ftp [SOLVED]

2003-08-14 Thread Tim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:09:07AM +0100, Tim wrote: | | | rmdir -f and rm -f both fail. If I delete the offending file, a new one | | takes its place, named (eg) .nfs90301. | | | | Any suggestions? | | Find out what is c

Re: [OT] deleting dot files on remote server with ftp

2003-08-14 Thread Tim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Proulx wrote: | Even though you cannot remove the file it is possible to move the file | around. You can 'mv .nfs* ../' for example to get the files up a | level. That empties the directory and would allow you to remove a | directory for example.

Re: [OT] deleting dot files on remote server with ftp

2003-08-09 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:09:07AM +0100, Tim wrote: | rmdir -f and rm -f both fail. If I delete the offending file, a new one | takes its place, named (eg) .nfs90301. | | Any suggestions? Find out what is creating the file, and solve the real issue. I know it is related to NFS and locking or

Re: [OT] deleting dot files on remote server with ftp

2003-08-07 Thread Alan Shutko
Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm using ftp or lftp, and find a file called (eg) .nfs80301. Some process has an open handle to the file over NFS. When you have a program with a file open over NFS, but delete the file (over nfs) the file is renamed as you see it. When the process closes, the