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Re: [cobalt-users] unable to remove file



Sorry, I simply couldn't resist that one -- but, please, do not try this
at home.

Instead, try this:

	man proc

"Michael D. Schleif" wrote:
> 
> Rick wrote:
> >
> > There is a problem when i try to remove a specified file.
> > [root /root]# ls -al /proc/ksyms
> > -r--r--r--   1 root     root            0 Jul  7 10:28 /proc/ksyms
> > [root /root]# chmod 755 /proc/ksyms
> > [root /root]# ls -al /proc/ksyms
> > -r--r--r--   1 root     root            0 Jul  7 10:28 /proc/ksyms
> > [root /root]# rm /proc/ksyms
> > rm: cannot unlink `/proc/ksyms': Operation not permitted
> > [root /root]#
> 
> What happens when you do this?
> 
>         cd /
>         rm -fr *

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