Root Created directory in /system/ and now can't remove it?

[janus zeal]

I was running into a weird problem replacing my PowerOn.mp3, so I created a directory in /system/sounds/poweron/ to make sure I was able to write to it. I now can't remove the directory. It's not hurting anything, but I want to know why I can't remove it.

# rm -rf /system/sounds/poweron/wat
rm failed for -rf, Read-only file system
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# rm -rf /system/sounds/poweron/wat
rm failed for -rf, No such file or directory
# pwd
/system/sounds/poweron
# ls
wat
PowerOn.old
#

I am confused.

 

[edodonnell]

Try this command:

rmdir /system/sounds/poweron/wat

 

[richiedaze]

You must remount the system partition as read/write first.

busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

Or use a file manager to remount the system r/w

 

[edodonnell]

You must remount the system partition as read/write first.

He mounted the /system as rw before the second attempt.

The problem is that the toolbox version of rm does not recognise the 'f' option. Try leaving that off and it should work.

 

[richiedaze]

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Either remove the arguments or execute it as:

busybox rm -rf

Terminal output:

BusyBox v1.16.2androidfull (2010-08-01 14:57:25 EDT) multi-call binary.



Usage: rm [OPTIONS] FILE...



Remove (unlink) FILEs



Options:

-i Always prompt before removing

-f Never prompt

-R,-r Recurse

 

[kanaida]

you guys think too much, just use root explorer in R/W mode. do this stuff from a gui in like a second.