Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:09:02 -0500, Dale wrote:

> I thought I'd use a little more brute force.  I started the process over
> again the usual way.  I then went to a Konsole which is logged in as
> root, I did a rm -rfv for the main directory on the card.  It showed it
> deleted all the files.  I then did the sync command, to make sure
> everything was done, and told Device Notifier to unmount it.  I
> unplugged it and plugged it back up again.  When I mount it and open it
> with Dolphin, there the files are.  Even as root and not moving to
> trash, the files don't delete. 
> 
> Keep in mind, I can write new files to the little cards.  So I'm pretty
> sure it is not a write protection problem or a permissions problem. 
> It's just a can't delete or move to trash problem. 

It sounds like it may be filesystem corruption. With an SD card I'd
either reformat it, preferably in the device that will be using it, or
replace it, depending on how important it is.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Interchangeable parts aren't.

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