Empty directory not getting deleted in external harddisk

[Rashkae]

On 10/25/2011 01:37 PM, Linux Tyro wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Linux Tyro<ubuntu.bkn at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>
>> 43c9f2721ed24ab138b75e5e       ->            databases
>> ->               d74157950031f86b102e1759dcd53fdb
>>      (it is directory)                               (it is also a
>> directory)                             (it is a file, I don't know which
>> format it is)
>>
>> In the above the last two ('databases' and
>> 'd74157950031f86b102e1759dcd53fdb') I am able to delete (but each time
>> whenever I plug the hard disk) but the first one
>> ('43c9f2721ed24ab138b75e5e'), a directory doesn't get deleted even after
>> emptying it (that is, even after deleting the other two).
>>
> The problem still persists!
>

Are you looking at the directories/files created in the /media 
directory?  If so, you don't want to be deleting those.  They are auto 
created when a removable drive is plugged in so the Operating system has 
somewhere to mount the disk.  Those directories are required to allow 
the system to access the disks, and are added/removed automatically by 
the Ubuntu system.

If this is not what you mean, then we'll need more information.