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Author: Eric Oyen
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: rm
Ok, unmount the drive, then run
Sudo fsck <your device here>
When completed, remount and then try to remove the files using:
Sudo rm -rf <name of files here>

-Eric


> On Nov 21, 2018, at 8:53 PM, Michael <> wrote:
>
> this is interesting: I tried accessing 'Neil' from the GUI but get an error:
> Sorry, could not display all the contents of "Neil": Error when getting information for file '/media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Business/CablingJobs/Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': Input/output error)
> and when I attempt to access it from a tty get:
> $ ls Neil/
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180604.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180827.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180903.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180917.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/quote.docx': Input/output error
> IMG_20150205_180559.jpg IMG_20150205_180827.jpg quote.docx
> IMG_20150205_180604.jpg IMG_20150205_180903.jpg
> IMG_20150205_180721.jpg IMG_20150205_180917.jpg
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:44 PM Michael < <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
> how do I delete the following files>?
>
> /media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Business/CablingJobs $ sudo rm -rf Neil/
> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180604.jpg': Input/output error
> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': Input/output error
> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180827.jpg': Input/output error
> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180903.jpg': Input/output error
> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180917.jpg': Input/output error
> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/quote.docx': Input/output error
>
> these are the only files on the drive.
>
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