[root@arc-dtn ilaforestlap]# strace rm -rf august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1a1_1.scrap.contigs.fasta execve("/usr/bin/rm", ["rm", "-rf", "august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1"...], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0x1ee1000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f38f84fe000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=72260, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 72260, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f38f84ec000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`&\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2156240, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 3985920, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f38f7f10000 mprotect(0x7f38f80d3000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f38f82d3000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1c3000) = 0x7f38f82d3000 mmap(0x7f38f82d9000, 16896, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f38f82d9000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f38f84eb000 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f38f84e9000 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f38f84e9740) = 0 mprotect(0x7f38f82d3000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x60d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f38f84ff000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x7f38f84ec000, 72260) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0x1ee1000 brk(0x1f02000) = 0x1f02000 brk(NULL) = 0x1f02000 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=106172832, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 106172832, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f38f19ce000 close(3) = 0 ioctl(0, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 lstat("/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1a1_1.scrap.contigs.fasta", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=196395581, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0 unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, "august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1a1_1.scrap.contigs.fasta", 0 +++ killed by SIGKILL +++ Killed [root@arc-dtn ilaforestlap]# cd [root@arc-dtn ~]# ^C [root@arc-dtn ~]# cd /staging/il -bash: cd: /staging/il: No such file or directory [root@arc-dtn ~]# cd /staging/can_delete/ilaforestlap/ [root@arc-dtn ilaforestlap]# strace rm -rf august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1a1_1.scrap.contigs.fasta execve("/usr/bin/rm", ["rm", "-rf", "august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1"...], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0xf61000 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f4d32593000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=72260, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 72260, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f4d32581000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`&\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=2156240, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 3985920, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f4d31fa5000 mprotect(0x7f4d32168000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7f4d32368000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1c3000) = 0x7f4d32368000 mmap(0x7f4d3236e000, 16896, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f4d3236e000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f4d32580000 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f4d3257e000 arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f4d3257e740) = 0 mprotect(0x7f4d32368000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x60d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x7f4d32594000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x7f4d32581000, 72260) = 0 brk(NULL) = 0xf61000 brk(0xf82000) = 0xf82000 brk(NULL) = 0xf82000 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=106172832, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 106172832, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f4d2ba63000 close(3) = 0 ioctl(0, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 lstat("/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1a1_1.scrap.contigs.fasta", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=196395581, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0 unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, "august_2014/claire/f1/scrap/2ef1a1_1.scrap.contigs.fasta", 0