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Re: Can't rm file, but no error message


On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Ronald wrote:
> Why don't I get an error message here?
>
> $ ls -l test.zip
> -rwx------+ 1 Administrators ???????? 1153454 Oct Â5 12:49 test.zip
> $ rm test.zip
> $ echo $?
> 0
> $ ls -l test.zip
> -rwx------+ 1 Administrators ???????? 1153454 Oct Â5 12:49 test.zip
>
> Obviously the file wasn't removed, but rm does not give any error message.
> Any idea why?

Obligatory dumb question: you don't happen to have 'rm' aliased to 'rm
-f', do you?

What filesystem?
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>

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