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sudo rm -rf

Doesn't work: rm: .../abc: Directory not empty which is.

~/Desktop/abc $ ls -anw
total 0
drwxr-xrwx   3 501  20   96 Nov  4 20:30 .
drwx------+ 11 501  20  352 Nov 11 23:34 ..

~/Desktop $ lsof | grep .../Desktop/abc

shows nothing

I've restarted my mac, but it continues. If I throw it to trash it says cannot be emptied because files are being used... I don't know what else I can do.
I've tried to move the file to an external card (and then format) but it says the file cannot be moved...

macOS Mojave 10.14.1

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    seems your abc folder is writable shared, default is drwxr-xr-x, so maybe that is the direction where you should investigate.
    – Zina
    Nov 11, 2018 at 23:54
  • Thanks for your input @Zina. What permissions should I use? I've tried chmod 755 <folder> but the problem still persists.
    – GuilhE
    Nov 12, 2018 at 10:16
  • what is the output of ls -lO? executed from the Desktop folder. have you tried it from Safe Boot?
    – Zina
    Nov 12, 2018 at 22:01
  • I've tried from Safe Boot and the result is the same: "Directory not empty". Result from ls -lO is drwxr-xr-x 3 guilhe staff - 96 Nov 4 20:30 abc
    – GuilhE
    Nov 13, 2018 at 0:59
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    sorry, can't think of a reason. you are the owner, you say the folder is empty, and you can't delete because 'not empty' error. and it seems to be used even in safe boot. only thing I can think of would be remove the drive and attach it to another mac, if no one comes up with something better.
    – Zina
    Nov 13, 2018 at 18:28

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