Re: rm (4.5.8) -r does not work on nfs mounted file systems

[Jim Meyering]

"Philipp, Axel , Dr." <address@hidden> wrote:
> I ran into problems with rm -r on nfs mounted file systems:

Thanks for the report and the test case.
That might be due to a kernel bug.
Can you provide some more information?

What type/version of systems are involved?
What is the OS of the system
  - on which you ran the commands listed below? (uname -a)
  - for which the nfs-mounted disks are local?  (run `df -T .' anywhere
                                                 in the offending hierarchy)

> F1/cpl0298_home> mkdir test
> F1/cpl0298_home> mkdir test/test1
> F1/cpl0298_home> cp test1/testfile test
> F1/cpl0298_home> cp test1/testfile test/test1
> F1/cpl0298_home> rm -R -f test
> rm: reading directory `test/test1': Unknown error 525
> rm: reading directory `test': Unknown error 525
>  only the 2 files but not the directories are deleted (-r shows same
> behaviour)
> F1/cpl0298_home> /bin/rm --version
> rm (coreutils) 4.5.8

There have been many improvements (some in rm) since 4.5.8,
so you might want to try the latest: coreutils-5.2.0.
Note, of course, that if it's a kernel problem, using a better
version of rm won't solve it.