Problem with read-only backup

**dan08** · May 14th, 2013

I am trying to put together a bash script to backup a few NFS shares. I am still working through this and have been learning bash as I go. The shares are mounted as read-only. The script uses rsync to copy files from the NFS device to a Drobo mounted over iSCSI. I ran a test backup and it didn't really work, but now I can't get rid of the backup files because they are read-only. I have tried changing the permissions, but when i try:

Code:

 rm -rf <directory>

, I get a long print out of each file like:

Code:

cannot remove <file> read-only filesystem

. Right now I just want to delete these backups, later I will worry about reworking my script. Does anyone have any advice?

**arsenic23** · May 14th, 2013

Code:

sudo rm -rf <directory>

**dan08** · May 14th, 2013

I did use sudo, I accidentally left that out in the post. But I actually figured out where the problem is. I had mounted the Drobo as read only, and therefore could not edit anything I put onto it. Thanks anyway.