Using PhotoRec and ended up with 18 recup_dir folders in my root folder (PCLinuxOS) and I cannot delete them.
I have seen a similar thread (2014) and I have changed ownership to root but still cannot find a way to delete them.
Any suggestions would be most welcome.
Thanks
Trying to delete recup.dir folders
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Re: Trying to delete recup.dir folders
Don't change the owner ship to root but to the user you are using
Otherwise as root, you can run
Be extra careful when you type this command
Otherwise as root, you can run
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rm -rf recup_dir.*