Cannot delete empty directory: Directory not empty

pfr

Oh look, another gem. One minute I'm deleting directories I shouldn't, the next I cant delete the ones I want to delete... crazy

~ λ rm -rf please/
rm: please/delete/me: Directory not empty
rm: please/delete: Directory not empty
rm: please: Directory not empty
~ λ doas rm -rf please/    
rm: please/delete/me: Directory not empty
rm: please/delete: Directory not empty
rm: please: Directory not empty
~ λ ls -al please/delete/me/ 
~ λ

This directory originated as ~/.local/share/shfm/trash/files and I've moved and renamed it in an attempt to delete it. I've logged in as root and tried but I cannot get rid of this directory which appears empty.

rvp

pfr

~ λ ls -al please/delete/me/ 
~ λ

This is very wrong. ls -a should've shown the . and .. directories.

Reboot into single user mode, then check your filesystem(s):

fsck_ffs -fPz /
poweroff

kc9udx

What do you get if you rmdir please/delete/me?

pfr

pin Well, you're correct, I have alias ls='eza -l --icons --group-directories-first' however I get the same results with command ls -al

kc9udx What do you get if you rmdir please/delete/me?

Same result

rvp This is very wrong. ls -a should've shown the . and .. directories.

Unless our mate has an alias (one of his favorit things) for it 🙂

pfr

rvp success. I was able to delete the directory after running fsck-ffs. Thanks

pfr than, listen to rvp@ I'd guess