You can also check if there is a process holding a file that was deleted there: lsof /tier2/OPA/archive/GOFS/RECOVERY20190416/GlobNative/20190505 If it's not that one , I'm out of ideas :) It's not recommended to delete it from the bricks , so avoid that if possible. Best Regards, Strahil Nikolov В сряда, 25 март 2020 г., 21:12:58 Гринуич+2, Mauro Tridici <mauro.tridici@xxxxxxx> написа: Hi Sttrahil, thank you for your answer. Directory is empty and no immutable bit has been assigned to it. [athena-login2][/tier2/OPA/archive/GOFS/RECOVERY20190416/GlobNative/20190505]> ls -la total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 das oclab_prod 4096 Mar 25 10:02 . drwxr-xr-x 3 das oclab_prod 4096 Mar 25 10:02 .. Any other idea related this issue? Many thanks, Mauro > On 25 Mar 2020, at 18:32, Strahil Nikolov <hunter86_bg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On March 25, 2020 3:32:59 PM GMT+02:00, Mauro Tridici <mauro.tridici@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> some users tht use regularly our gluster file system are experiencing a >> strange error during attempting to remove a empty directory. >> All bricks are up and running, no perticular error has been detected, >> but they are not able to remove it successfully. >> >> This is the error they are receiving: >> >> [athena-login2][/tier2/OPA/archive/GOFS]> rm -rf RECOVERY20190416/ >> rm: cannot remove `RECOVERY20190416/GlobNative/20190505': Directory not >> empty >> >> I tried to delete this directory from root user without success. >> Do you have some suggestions to solve this issue? >> >> Thank you in advance. >> Kind Regards, >> Mauro > > What do you have in 'RECOVERY20190416/GlobNative/20190505' ? > > Maybe you got an immutable bit (chattr +i) on any file/folder ? > > Best Regards, > Sttrahil Nikolov _______________________________________________ Community Meeting Calendar: Schedule - Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC Bridge: https://bluejeans.com/441850968 Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel