I have noticed a folder on / called "Previous System". After checking that it did not have anything I need, I moved it to the trash. However, when emptying the trash, I get a "file in use" error.
When I attempt to use rm
in the Terminal to perform the delete, this happens:
# rm -rf .Trash/Previous\ System
rm: .Trash/Previous System/private/tmp/coreutils20150822-26525-1gnqu7f/coreutils-8.24/confdir-14B---/<SNIP>confdir-14B---: No space left on device
<several "no space left on device" errors removed>
rm: .Trash/Previous System/private/tmp/coreutils20150822-26525-1gnqu7f/coreutils-8.24/confdir-14B---<SNIP>/confdir-14B---: Directory not empty
rm: .Trash/Previous System/private/tmp/coreutils20150822-26525-1gnqu7f/coreutils-8.24/confdir-14B---: Directory not empty
rm: .Trash/Previous System: Directory not empty
The unedited output shows an error for each 'confdir-14B---' recursion. They are directories, not symbolic links.
Free space is not an issue, df -h
reports I have 56 GiB available.