cannot delete empty folder
i have two empty folders that i can't delete -- see the attached screenshot...
any ideas how i get rid of them?
Mac mini Unibody
How about...
sudo rm -R
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Do you have any other shell open within this directory, or an app running just using it?
Is this an encrypted folder?
Any diff if you use...
rmdir -rf
Is the directory in question on a network-mounted disk?
Have you run Disk Repair on that volume?
Are you using tge...
rm -R
command?
Yes, frustrating indeed, saw this once myself years ago but don't remember the cure.
Could anything have the folder open for writing to?
Can you write/copy to that folder & rm that file?
- i can rename the folders; create & delete sub-folders & files; create & delete files & folders in the same parent folder;
- if i create a file and folder in one of these two folders and then rm -rfd <folder>, it deletes everything inside <folder> and then complains <folder> is not empty and does not delete it.
- lsof & fuser report nothing
- rebooting makes no difference
according to the docs -r is equivalent to -R; but "rm -rfd" or "rm -Rfd" results in the same message: directory is not empty
nope... same result
here's the most frustrating aspect: find says its empty, ls says its empty, but rm says its not...
cannot delete empty folder