OSX : rmdir “permission denied†but directory removed
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I was trying to test the rmdir command by removing a test directory located in my Downloads directory. I have read and write rights on Downloads.
I issued rmdir -p /Users/myself/Downloads/test
and got rmdir: /Users/myself/Downloads: Permission denied
, but the test directory was deleted.
So why do I have this message? Should I care?
I'm using OSX Lion 10.7.3.
command-line permissions osx directory rm
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
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I was trying to test the rmdir command by removing a test directory located in my Downloads directory. I have read and write rights on Downloads.
I issued rmdir -p /Users/myself/Downloads/test
and got rmdir: /Users/myself/Downloads: Permission denied
, but the test directory was deleted.
So why do I have this message? Should I care?
I'm using OSX Lion 10.7.3.
command-line permissions osx directory rm
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
Rui F Ribeiro
36.7k1271116
asked Jun 10 '12 at 12:18
politicus
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I was trying to test the rmdir command by removing a test directory located in my Downloads directory. I have read and write rights on Downloads.
I issued rmdir -p /Users/myself/Downloads/test
and got rmdir: /Users/myself/Downloads: Permission denied
, but the test directory was deleted.
So why do I have this message? Should I care?
I'm using OSX Lion 10.7.3.
command-line permissions osx directory rm
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
Rui F Ribeiro
36.7k1271116
asked Jun 10 '12 at 12:18
politicus
1116
I was trying to test the rmdir command by removing a test directory located in my Downloads directory. I have read and write rights on Downloads.
I issued rmdir -p /Users/myself/Downloads/test
and got rmdir: /Users/myself/Downloads: Permission denied
, but the test directory was deleted.
So why do I have this message? Should I care?
I'm using OSX Lion 10.7.3.
command-line permissions osx directory rm
command-line permissions osx directory rm
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
Rui F Ribeiro
36.7k1271116
asked Jun 10 '12 at 12:18
politicus
1116
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
Rui F Ribeiro
36.7k1271116
asked Jun 10 '12 at 12:18
politicus
1116
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
Rui F Ribeiro
36.7k1271116
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
Rui F Ribeiro
36.7k1271116
edited Aug 21 at 3:24
Rui F Ribeiro
36.7k1271116
36.7k1271116
asked Jun 10 '12 at 12:18
politicus
1116
asked Jun 10 '12 at 12:18
politicus
1116
asked Jun 10 '12 at 12:18
politicus
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From man rmdir:
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
So your rmdir call tries to delete test (succeeds), then tries to delete the parent directory Documents (or rather Downloads) and fails... I think. I'd rather have expected some "directory not empty" error, because why shouldn't you have the permissions to delete this folder?
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
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Thanks sr_ for your answer. You are right it is "Downloads" not "Documents". Maybe I can't delete "Downloads" because one just can't delete "Downloads" because of a "This folder is required by OS X" thing...
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:20
Possibly, I don't know anything about how OS X alters the general "UNIX-like"-ness encountered everywhere else. :)
– sr_
Jun 10 '12 at 13:31
I tried to delete the folder "Sites" via Finder and got that kind of message.
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:38
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
From man rmdir:
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
So your rmdir call tries to delete test (succeeds), then tries to delete the parent directory Documents (or rather Downloads) and fails... I think. I'd rather have expected some "directory not empty" error, because why shouldn't you have the permissions to delete this folder?
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
12.8k3042
Thanks sr_ for your answer. You are right it is "Downloads" not "Documents". Maybe I can't delete "Downloads" because one just can't delete "Downloads" because of a "This folder is required by OS X" thing...
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:20
Possibly, I don't know anything about how OS X alters the general "UNIX-like"-ness encountered everywhere else. :)
– sr_
Jun 10 '12 at 13:31
I tried to delete the folder "Sites" via Finder and got that kind of message.
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:38
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
From man rmdir:
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
So your rmdir call tries to delete test (succeeds), then tries to delete the parent directory Documents (or rather Downloads) and fails... I think. I'd rather have expected some "directory not empty" error, because why shouldn't you have the permissions to delete this folder?
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
12.8k3042
Thanks sr_ for your answer. You are right it is "Downloads" not "Documents". Maybe I can't delete "Downloads" because one just can't delete "Downloads" because of a "This folder is required by OS X" thing...
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:20
Possibly, I don't know anything about how OS X alters the general "UNIX-like"-ness encountered everywhere else. :)
– sr_
Jun 10 '12 at 13:31
I tried to delete the folder "Sites" via Finder and got that kind of message.
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:38
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
From man rmdir:
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
So your rmdir call tries to delete test (succeeds), then tries to delete the parent directory Documents (or rather Downloads) and fails... I think. I'd rather have expected some "directory not empty" error, because why shouldn't you have the permissions to delete this folder?
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
12.8k3042
From man rmdir:
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
So your rmdir call tries to delete test (succeeds), then tries to delete the parent directory Documents (or rather Downloads) and fails... I think. I'd rather have expected some "directory not empty" error, because why shouldn't you have the permissions to delete this folder?
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
12.8k3042
edited Jun 10 '12 at 12:58
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
12.8k3042
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
12.8k3042
answered Jun 10 '12 at 12:46
sr_
12.8k3042
12.8k3042
Thanks sr_ for your answer. You are right it is "Downloads" not "Documents". Maybe I can't delete "Downloads" because one just can't delete "Downloads" because of a "This folder is required by OS X" thing...
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:20
Possibly, I don't know anything about how OS X alters the general "UNIX-like"-ness encountered everywhere else. :)
– sr_
Jun 10 '12 at 13:31
I tried to delete the folder "Sites" via Finder and got that kind of message.
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:38
add a comment |Â
Thanks sr_ for your answer. You are right it is "Downloads" not "Documents". Maybe I can't delete "Downloads" because one just can't delete "Downloads" because of a "This folder is required by OS X" thing...
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:20
Possibly, I don't know anything about how OS X alters the general "UNIX-like"-ness encountered everywhere else. :)
– sr_
Jun 10 '12 at 13:31
I tried to delete the folder "Sites" via Finder and got that kind of message.
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:38
Thanks sr_ for your answer. You are right it is "Downloads" not "Documents". Maybe I can't delete "Downloads" because one just can't delete "Downloads" because of a "This folder is required by OS X" thing...
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:20
Thanks sr_ for your answer. You are right it is "Downloads" not "Documents". Maybe I can't delete "Downloads" because one just can't delete "Downloads" because of a "This folder is required by OS X" thing...
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:20
Possibly, I don't know anything about how OS X alters the general "UNIX-like"-ness encountered everywhere else. :)
– sr_
Jun 10 '12 at 13:31
Possibly, I don't know anything about how OS X alters the general "UNIX-like"-ness encountered everywhere else. :)
– sr_
Jun 10 '12 at 13:31
I tried to delete the folder "Sites" via Finder and got that kind of message.
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:38
I tried to delete the folder "Sites" via Finder and got that kind of message.
– politicus
Jun 10 '12 at 13:38
add a comment |Â
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