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08-11-2023 06:58 AM
Hello,
I am trying to delete a folder in /dbfs/mnt, but I am unable to do so. The folder was an old mounted storage account, which was deleted. The folder contains a single file 'mount.err'.
In command line I tried rm -rf my_folder, with and without sudo. I also tried to rename the folder.
Whatever I try, I get the following error : rm: cannot remove 'my_folder/mount.err': Input/output error
I also tried in a notebook and with dbutils, but one again without success.
I tried repairing the filesystem with fsck.ext4, without success.
Please let me know if someone has a solution, thank you.
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08-23-2023 11:11 PM
Hello,
Thanks for the answer !
The problem was indeed coming from a broken mount point. After running the refreshMounts() command, I still was not able to remove the folder, because the command was throwing a NullPointerException. However I was able to run the dbutils.fs.unmount command on the broken folder (even though before it did not work and the folder was not showing up when I was trying to list all the mounts.
After running the unmount command I was able to delete the folder just fine. Thank you !
