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how weird is this?

larryone · 2006-02-12 19:54:55

I'm not sure where this goes, but since it's bash & I'm using on linux... thought I'd lash it in here... how rare.

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12-02-2006 8:54pm

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larryone

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I'm not sure where this goes, but since it's bash & I'm using on linux... thought I'd lash it in here...

gnome-terminal wrote:

drwxr-xr-x 3 me csusers 4096 Feb 12 17:33 toms/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 me csusers 19 Oct 6 18:18 usbkey -> /media/usb-storage//
drwxr-xr-x 3 me csusers 4096 Feb 12 17:26 vlc/
drwxr-xr-x 6 me csusers 4096 Feb 12 19:38 workspace/
[me@csa012b3pc7 ~]$ rm usbkey/
rm: cannot remove directory `usbkey/': Is a directory
[me@csa012b3pc7 ~]$ rmdir usbkey/
rmdir: `usbkey/': Not a directory
[me@csa012b3pc7 ~]$
[me@csa012b3pc7 ~]$ rm usbkey/
rm: cannot remove directory `usbkey/': Is a directory
[me@csa012b3pc7 ~]$ rm -f usbkey/
rm: cannot remove `usbkey/': Not a directory
[me@csa012b3pc7 ~]$

how rare.

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#2 12-02-2006 9:21pm
Karoma

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rm usbkey ?

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#3 12-02-2006 9:37pm
larryone

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bah! stupid auto-complete had put the / on the end of it.

really should have seen it. maybe I just need to get some sleep.

thanks Karoma =0)

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#4 12-02-2006 9:38pm
Karoma

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NP.
For reference, you should post this sorta thing in the UNIX forum (More traffic, better response, more applicable, etc.)

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#5 12-02-2006 9:53pm
larryone

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that would probably have made sense.
again lack of sleep is mine enemy.
have been loosing sleep over a goddamn seg fault.

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