I'm trying to delete /var/www/html but I'm getting this error:
rm: cannot remove `html': Device or resource busy
Debian – Cannot delete folder with rm -rf. Error: device or resource busy
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Best Answer
I was having the same issue, I was trying and failing to delete
with the error
rm: cannot remove/usr/local/tomcat/data': Device or resource busy`until I noticed that
df -hsaidthat is, I had a partition mounted to that point. Mystery solved.