__/ [Chris F.A. Johnson] on Saturday 14 January 2006 21:59 \__
> On 2006-01-14, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> For over a year I have been trying to remove a void directory, which I
>> once created in cPanel's file manager. When trying to remove it from
>> cPanel's interface: "Internal Error, can't find that folder". I tried
>> shell access too:
>>
>> $ ls
>> Perturbation_Specification/ Perturbation/
>> Error_Propagation/ Perturbation_Method/
>> Euclidean/ Presentation_and_Talk/
>> ISBI_2006_Plan/ Sensitivity_Errors/
>> ISBI_Structure/ Shuffle_Distance/
>> January_2005_Tools/ Thesis_Structure/
>> NRR_Evaluation_Assessment_Errors/ index.htm
>> NRR_VXL/
>> $ rmdir Perturbation_Specification
>> rmdir: `Perturbation_Specification': No such file or directory
>> $ rmdir \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Perturbation_Specification
>> rmdir: ` Perturbation_Specification': No such file or directory
>>
>> I thought it would be resolved in due time (maybe owing to filesystem
>> maintenance carried out by the Web host). After a year I am led to believe
>> that it's there to stay forever. No luck with FTP either. About 10 minutes
>> ago I renamed a file via cPanel; the filename mistakenly contained a space
>> at the start. It seems like the same scenario all over again, so I decided
>> to ask you guys. There's cruft left behind and I spend plenty of time
>> trying to remove it to no avail. Any workarounds or ideas? Red Hat
>> 2.4.20-30.9smp/Apache 1.3.33/cPanel X v2.5.0/
>
> Use wildcards. FIrst, make sure that you are matching only one
> directory:
>
> ls -l *Perturbation_Specification*
>
> Adjust as necessary to limit it to one entry, then remove it:
>
> rmdir *Perturbation_Specification*
Update: using cPanel, I have changed the entire path (
/public_html/Research/Explanatory_Notes/2005 ) to 777, at least temporarily.
Finally, I should not be denied deletion of the file. Then, in PHPShell:
$ ls
Perturbation_Specification/ Perturbation/
Error_Propagation/ Perturbation_Method/
Euclidean/ Presentation_and_Talk/
ISBI_2006_Plan/ Sensitivity_Errors/
ISBI_Structure/ Shuffle_Distance/
January_2005_Tools/ Thesis_Structure/
NRR_Evaluation_Assessment_Errors/ index.htm
NRR_VXL/
$ rmdir *Perturbation_Specification
rmdir: `\tPerturbation_Specification': Directory not empty
$ rm -rf *Perturbation_Specification
rm: cannot remove
`\tPerturbation_Specification/perturbation_specifications.html': Permission
denied
rm: cannot remove
`\tPerturbation_Specification/perturbation_specifications.lyx': Permission
denied
rm: cannot remove
`\tPerturbation_Specification/perturbation_specifications.pdf': Permission
denied
rm: cannot remove
`\tPerturbation_Specification/\tperturbation_specifications.css': Permission
denied
$ chmod -R 777 *Perturbation_Specification
chmod: changing permissions of `\tPerturbation_Specification': Operation not
permitted
chmod: changing permissions of
`\tPerturbation_Specification/perturbation_specifications.html': Operation
not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of
`\tPerturbation_Specification/perturbation_specifications.lyx': Operation
not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of
`\tPerturbation_Specification/perturbation_specifications.pdf': Operation
not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of
`\tPerturbation_Specification/\tperturbation_specifications.css': Operation
not permitted
In cPanel, I cannot access this directory, so I cannot modify permissions
from admin side. It seems like a deadlock.
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