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2013-07-23
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ok so i looked around for answers to this but couldn't find many i'm sorry if someone else already asked it but i used torrential for the 1st time since i downloaded it and i didn't realise it was the saving the file in home/user now i have 700mb of precious app space lost and i tried to delete it using root access from N9tweaks and it said process completed but doesn't delete and also whenever i try to delete the files inside it it says error could'nt delete what do i do ? 
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2013-07-23
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well i currently have a movie in home/user that i cannot delete how do you suggest i get rid of it ?
Last edited by EgyptRocks265; 2013-07-23 at 06:58.
Last edited by EgyptRocks265; 2013-07-23 at 06:58.
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2013-07-23
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Originally Posted by coderus
I think he meant he was trying to delete the file as root. That should work unless the file is still open by someone else. Perhaps the torrent hasn't finished yet? (Hint: it may have finished downloading but continues uploading to other peers, that's how torrents work.) I suggest looking in that direction and closing the torrent if necessary.
Don't use root anywhere you want. Use root only for system directories.
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2013-07-23
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Originally Posted by pichlo
It does not necessarily work, as N9 root is a bit of a 'toothless' root:
I think he meant he was trying to delete the file as root. That should work unless the file is still open by someone else.
Code:
~ $ touch /home/user/removeme ~ $ ls -al /home/user/removeme -rw-r--r-- 1 user users 0 Jul 23 20:00 /home/user/removeme ~ $ devel-su Password: BusyBox v1.20.0.git (MeeGo 3:1.20-0.2+0m8) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. ~ # rm /home/user/removeme rm: remove '/home/user/removeme'? y rm: can't remove '/home/user/removeme': Permission denied
Better to find out which user owns that file in question and proceed accordingly.
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2013-07-23
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You forgot to answer question.
Just open terminal and do:
Or download filebox from store and long press movie and delete.
Just open terminal and do:
Code:
rm /home/user/movienam.e
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2013-07-23
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What does the command
ls -lR filename
(where filename should be the file or directory you downloaded) show ?
I'm specifically saying "directory", because you said "inside" ...
Trying something like
chmod -R a+rwx filename
rm -rf filename
might work better, if there are read-only directories involved.
Last edited by LinuxCub; 2013-07-23 at 19:40. Reason: Forgot the -R option to chmod (which was almost the whole point)
ls -lR filename
(where filename should be the file or directory you downloaded) show ?
I'm specifically saying "directory", because you said "inside" ...
Trying something like
chmod -R a+rwx filename
rm -rf filename
might work better, if there are read-only directories involved.
Last edited by LinuxCub; 2013-07-23 at 19:40. Reason: Forgot the -R option to chmod (which was almost the whole point)
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2013-07-23
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root cannot del files owned by user because of aegis. If your logged in as root you first need to switch back to user:
devel-su -l user; rm pathtofileownedbyuser
Last edited by rainisto; 2013-07-23 at 21:54. Reason: s/su/devel-su/
devel-su -l user; rm pathtofileownedbyuser
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2013-07-23
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and su can be called only if executable have setuid credential 
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2013-07-23
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I think most of you are missing that we're not talking about deleting one (1) file, but a directory with files in it. He's talking about trying to delete a file "inside", but what are the permissions on the enclosing directory ? This might be basic Linux/Unix file/directory permissions that are confusing the OPer. It seems to be very common for N9 owners to not know Linux/Unix ... (sigh, when reading about flashing, it seems many do not even know Windows in-depth, but I digress ...)
Last edited by LinuxCub; 2013-07-23 at 20:40. Reason: Typo
Last edited by LinuxCub; 2013-07-23 at 20:40. Reason: Typo
