error : device or resource busy

[srirajui]

hi all,

i just want to remove a hidden file . ".nfs......." . so i tried to remove that file with many commands like:

rm *

rm .??*

rm ./*

but every time it giving same error as "device or resource busy". so iam not able to remove that file . i dont how it created.

pls help me out..


thanks

[Rubberman]

Some of the error is because * and ./* both return . and .. (or ./. and ./..) which are directories. The wildcard .??* will remove any file of 3 or more characters that follow the dot. However, if one is a directory, it will fail, though with a different error. Anyway, without seeing the actual contents of your directory and the permissions on the directory and its components I cannot speculate further.