Cannot remove empty directory

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rm -rf apps


also, when's the last time you ran a fsck on this filesystem?

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Michael Hipp wrote:

> I'm trying to delete an empty directory - normally not a particularly
> esoteric task :-)
>
>    $ ls -lah
>    drwx------   1 michael michael    6 2005-06-15 14:10 apps
>    [snip]
>    $ rmdir apps
>    rmdir: `apps': Directory not empty
>    $ ls -la apps
>    total 4
>    drwx------   1 michael michael    6 2005-06-15 14:10 .
>    drwxr-xr-x  20 michael michael 4096 2005-06-15 14:10 ..
>    $ rm -drf apps
>    rm: cannot remove directory `apps': Directory not empty
>    $ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty apps
>    $ ls -lah
>    drwx------   2 michael michael   17 2005-06-15 14:15 apps
>    [snip]
>
> Can't do it as root either. It's empty but it ain't ("total 4"). What gives?
>
> Michael
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