Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Any more suggestions? John, Have you tried deleting the files as root rather than as a user? If not, that's a logical next step. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Wed, 10 Feb 2016, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Deleting as root worked for the renamed file, but the original still > reappears an hour or so after I delete it, even if I delete it as root. John, I've no idea what file system is on your computer. Here's a URL on the same problem with Puppy

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 05:46:02 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Tue, 9 Feb 2016, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> Any more suggestions? >Have you tried deleting the files as root rather than as a user? If not, >that's a logical next step. Deleting as root worked for the

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 22:36:13 -0800 Keith dijo: >Did you happen to share it through bittorrent or download it with BT? No. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:42 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I tried lsof, but unless I can figure out a way to grep or filter the > results it is useless - pages and pages of incomprehensible stuff. If lsof produced output, then some process is still writing/creating the file

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Wed, 10 Feb 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > I've no idea what file system is on your computer. Here's a URL on the > same problem with Puppy Linux: > > There's another hit that explains that behavior

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On 2/10/2016 9:46 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > Deleting as root worked for the renamed file, but the original still > reappears an hour or so after I delete it, even if I delete it as root. A shot in the dark. Delete the file. Create a dummy file with ASCII content "This is dummy content".

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 07:56:21 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Wed, 10 Feb 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > >>I've no idea what file system is on your computer. Here's a URL on >>the same problem with Puppy Linux: >> >>

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:58:06 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >But having said all that, I believe have solved the problem. I also >posted about this on the Ubuntu General forum, and a kind soul >suggested deleting it in Thunar using Shift-Delete instead of >right-clicking on it

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

grep -r would just sit and do nothing infinitely, as you didn't give it any files to look in. so it assumes it's waiting for text to be piped into it. grep -r . would be sufficient, since he would already be "cd"ed into the desired location. grep -r /var/log would be equivalent. -wes On

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 7:01 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > We shall see what happens. The output of lsof would be useful. Try something like lsof | grep -i filename to see if something has the file open. Bill ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

... also, # cd /var/log # grep -r If some daemon is responsible for restoring it, maybe it's logging the event. -Don P.S. I know there is interest in figuring out "why?", but I still think that nuking it in single-user mode would be a good test ... On February 10, 2016 7:12:00 PM PST,

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Feb 10, 2016 14:46, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > I spoke too soon. I was away for a couple of hours and when I returned > the file was back. 1. Delete the file and replace it with a 0-byte file. Change ownership to root so your user can no longer modify it: $> chown

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:17:41 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >Xubuntu 14.04.3, up to date. Files ystem is ext4. > >Some time ago I created an ISO image of a movie DVD. I have been >through with the file for some time so I no longer need it. I can >delete it with either Thunar or

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:07 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:17:41 -0800 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > > >Xubuntu 14.04.3, up to date. Files ystem is ext4. > > > >Some time ago I created an ISO image of a movie DVD. I have been >

[PLUG] File won't stay deleted

Xubuntu 14.04.3, up to date. Files ystem is ext4. Some time ago I created an ISO image of a movie DVD. I have been through with the file for some time so I no longer need it. I can delete it with either Thunar or the command line, but a few hours later it reappears. Each time it reappears the

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 21:24:20 -0800 Ali Corbin dijo: >On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:07 PM, John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:17:41 -0800 >> John Jason Jordan dijo: >> >> >Xubuntu 14.04.3, up to date. Files ystem is ext4.

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

Did you happen to share it through bittorrent or download it with BT? On 02/09/2016 08:17 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Xubuntu 14.04.3, up to date. Files ystem is ext4. > > Some time ago I created an ISO image of a movie DVD. I have been > through with the file for some time so I no longer

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

On 2/9/2016 9:42 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 21:24:20 -0800 > Ali Corbin dijo: >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:07 PM, John Jason Jordan >> wrote: >>> On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:17:41 -0800 >>> John Jason Jordan dijo:

Re: [PLUG] File won't stay deleted

> I tried lsof, but unless I can figure out a way to grep or filter the >results it is useless - pages and pages of incomprehensible stuff. You mean like piping it through grep or specify the file & path directly. On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:42 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >