I had a problem that was resolved by creating a duplicate share.  (long story, but its over).

 

Now I'm trying to remove the redundant share.  I've tried several ways of removing the share, but it always says the share contains data.  It did at one time, but I've removed all the disks that the share was using.

 

Normally, to remove a share, I would move/delete all the files from the share, then the share would allow me to delete it.

 

I know I'm missing something...  Is there a proper procedure?

 

I had a problem that was resolved by creating a duplicate share.  (long story, but its over).

 

Now I'm trying to remove the redundant share.  I've tried several ways of removing the share, but it always says the share contains data.  It did at one time, but I've removed all the disks that the share was using.

 

Normally, to remove a share, I would move/delete all the files from the share, then the share would allow me to delete it.

 

I know I'm missing something...  Is there a proper procedure?

Probably hidden files within the share.  If using windows, set the folder options to display hidden files.

 

Or, at the command line

 

rm -rf /mnt/user/whateverShare

will get rid of it.

Or, at the command line

 

rm -rf /mnt/user/whateverShare

will get rid of it.

That command is VERY powerful, and will mess you up without remorse if you mistype or don't fully understand what you are doing. I'd recommend at least doing a tree of whatever you are intending to nuke so you see what will go away.

tree /mnt/user/whateverShare

then

rm -rf /mnt/user/whateverShare

if the output of tree is empty of anything you care about.

Someone is confused

... I've removed all the disks that the share was using...

Maybe it's me.