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I/O error on Linux: cannot remove directory as root
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Mar 15, 202640059 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
I'm having problems deleting a seemingly corrupted directory to allow for a reconfiguration of this locale, but the OS doesn't let me do it. Why?
Error Output
ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/locale$ sudo rm -R nl_NL.utf8 rm: cannot remove directory `nl_NL.utf8': Input/output error
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I suspect filesystem corruption here. As this is likely to be your root filesystem you won't be able to do a full while the system is live, so do which should shutdown and reboot (the ) forcing a run of (the ) as the system comes back up (at a point…
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