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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:54 pm    Post subject: [solved] random behavior of the rm command Reply with quote

i have a strange behavior with the rm command when trying to delete thumbnails of tumbler in xfce with this command as root:
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rm /home/someuser/.thumbnails/normal/*


but i get this message:
Code:
rm: cannot remove ‘/home/someuser/.thumbnails/normal/*’: No such file or directory


as someuser i could delete the files successfully. further i noticed that when i am in /home/someuser/.thumbnails/normal/ and issue the same command as root i successfully delete the files. i tried it again outside the directory and it worked also.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It depends on how the permissions are set and they are likely messed up. Can you post the output of
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ls -l /home/someuser/.thumbnails/normal
or have you deleted everything all already?

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well i think it is the permissions of the folder: drwx------
but this does not explain the random behavior.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes it does. The permissions on a few folders have gotten messed up (by means as yet undetermined) but you didn't know it. Next time you see the misbehaviour, look at the permissions.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you.
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