[OpenIndiana-discuss] NFS hidden files

[Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz]

James Carlson wrote:
> Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz wrote:

...

> Well ... sort of.  What do you say when "rm -rf somedir" fails because
> some of the files within "somedir," although owned by the invoker,
> cannot be removed?  Or when the GUI "Trash" icon stays messy after
> emptying because there are files that won't go away?

That means that these files are still open and in use by some program, or some active process has 
its pwd inside "somedir", or some process ended without cleanly close its open files. Am I wrong ?

Either way, IMHO, it's usually not the fault of NFS system.