[Menai-LUG] deleting a file

Andrew Hutchings info at a-wing.co.uk
Tue Jan 3 11:03:05 GMT 2006


On Tuesday 03 January 2006 08:26, Llywelyn Owen wrote:
> I have a rogue file on a USB disk that I can't delete, I am not its
> owner and I think it was put there by error at work by a colleague
> (iTunes folder + associated files). I can't delete this file from SUSE
> 10 and it does not allow me to change permissions. How can I get
> around this problem without formatting the pendrive?
>
> Regards
>
> Llywelyn Owen

What is blocking the deletion?  Is it a dodgy file name?

Regards
Andrew

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