[PLUG] Undeletable file, how to get rid of it?

[Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>]

One thing I had not given much thought to when I posted my question is 
that the NAS box that the file is sitting on is probably not using a 
linux file system.  It is a WD MyCloud EX4, I assume it's using NTFS.

I tried this command:
>ls | cat -v -e -t
and got:
>cifs4936$
but when I tried:
>rm cifs4936$
I still got:
>rm: cannot remove ‘cifs4936$’: No such file or directory

A co-worker (who is suspicious about linux, and is responsible for that 
NAS device) logged in via windows NET USE, and windows shows the file 
being deleted, but when you go up a directory and back in, the file has 
re-appeared.  He suggested that the FTP software was re-writing the 
file.  I proved that false by shutting down the server...the behavior 
didn't change.

What would you do at this point?  This isn't so much a linux question 
anymore, I suppose, is it time for a call to WD?

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Greg Helledy
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On 7/5/2016 4:01 PM, plug-request@lists.phillylinux.org wrote:
> Undeletable file, how to get rid of it?
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