Odd problem with terminal

[Chris MacDonald]

Those folders are created as mount points for the USB devices... if
you're getting that error the drives are probably still mounted/in
use. Check the output of `mount`.

Chris

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I have several USB memory sticks with some just junk on them. I use
> the proper bash calls to remove the junk but get this error message
> every time:
>
> karl at Lucid:/media$ ls
> 4083-B092
> karl at Lucid:/media$ sudo rm -Rf 4083-B092/
> rm: cannot remove directory `4083-B092': Device or resource busy
> karl at Lucid:/media$
>
> I can't find out what the Device or resource busy error is, or where it
> is coming from. I also have a hard drive which plugs into a USB port and
> it too gives the same error message.
>
> What can I be doing wrong?
>
> 73 Karl
>
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