Couldn't delete messages on server. Why not?
by Pedroski from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6H9VB)
I have a little Ubuntu 22.04 cloud server.
I couldn't get it to send email, so I just save messages from the contact webpage to the server using php and download them with a bash script. I only get a few messages, it's not very active.
I usually upload or delete files using Filezilla.
In the folder
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I had 3 messages from people who wanted to improve my webpage for me. I could not delete them.
Below is from Filezilla:
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Why couldn't I delete them?
Trial messages from myself or friends didn't have this problem, I can delete them in Filezilla, no problem.
Was it the spaces in the file names?
I connected to my cloud server using ssh, went to the directory with the messages and used rm:
Code:rm -v *I got this message each time:
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When I entered y, the file was deleted! As far as I could see, these messages had exactly the same permissions as the files I could delete.
How to do this in a better way?
I couldn't get it to send email, so I just save messages from the contact webpage to the server using php and download them with a bash script. I only get a few messages, it's not very active.
I usually upload or delete files using Filezilla.
In the folder
Quote:
| /var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages |
Below is from Filezilla:
Quote:
| Command:rm "/var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages/Mike Adamson mikeDupdooks@gmail.com05 Dec 2023 08:39:17.txt" Error:rm /var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages/Mike Adamson mikeDupdooks@gmail.com05 Dec 2023 08:39:17.txt: no such file or directory Command:rm "/var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages/Mike Cramer petercoopsypose@gmail.com13 Dec 2023 08:34:01.txt" Error:rm /var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages/Mike Cramer petercoopsypose@gmail.com13 Dec 2023 08:34:01.txt: no such file or directory Command:rm "/var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages/Mike Edwards mikeDupdooks@gmail.com09 Dec 2023 01:12:43.txt" Error:rm /var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages/Mike Edwards mikeDupdooks@gmail.com09 Dec 2023 01:12:43.txt: no such file or directory Status:Deleting "/var/www/mywebpage.com/public_html/contact/messages/Mike Edwards mikeDupdooks@gmail.com09 Dec 2023 01:12:43.txt" |
Trial messages from myself or friends didn't have this problem, I can delete them in Filezilla, no problem.
Was it the spaces in the file names?
I connected to my cloud server using ssh, went to the directory with the messages and used rm:
Code:rm -v *I got this message each time:
Quote:
| rm: remove write-protected regular file 'Mike Adamson'$'\r\n''mikeDupdooks@gmail.com05 Dec 2023 08:39:17.txt'? |
How to do this in a better way?