diff --git a/doc/tips/git-annex_on_NFS/comment_3_1d018c2ec628db5a2df15fb24be162af._comment b/doc/tips/git-annex_on_NFS/comment_3_1d018c2ec628db5a2df15fb24be162af._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ac11ec28ee --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/git-annex_on_NFS/comment_3_1d018c2ec628db5a2df15fb24be162af._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Matthew" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/495960d189a9cdc26f8e449bbf28aaf4" + subject="Help with .nfsXXXX files" + date="2024-08-19T21:20:58Z" + content=""" +I have many dozens of .nfs files that I cannot seem to remove. I have had IT reboot the machine I was using with git-annex, as well as the file server in hopes of killing the process that have the files open. The files stubbornly remain, and cannot be removed with 'rm -f .nfsXXXX' with resulting \"rm: cannot remove ‘.nfsXXXX’: Permission denied\", even after the reboots. + +Any thoughts are appreciated, as I have a few hundred gigabytes tied up in these files. + +My next step is to see about working with IT to put the file server in single-user mode, and getting root access to see if we can remove the files. But, I'm hoping maybe there are some other suggestion before taking such a drastic step. + +"""]]