i have a folder here:
/media/backup/me/path/to/folder/i/want/to/delete
but when i try to delete it in nautilus i get an error like:
error can't delete non-empty folder / the directory is not empty
(i don't remember the exact wording)
to fix this i forced a disk check at the next reboot:
sudo touch /forcefsck
sudo reboot
after the reboot and disk check, i tried deleting this folder:
/media/backup/me/path/
but got the same error. then i navigated all the way into this folder:
/media/backup/me/path/to/folder/i/want/to/delete
then showed hidden files (Ctrl+h)
then deleted the innermost folder and it deleted! then i stepped up to each consecutive parent folder and deleted them along the way until i got back up to:
/media/backup/me/path/
and i was able to delete that one as well =)
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