question regarding removing files under /usr/spool/cron/atjobs

From: L (traill2003@yahoo.com)
Date: 04/23/03

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    From: traill2003@yahoo.com (L)
Date: 22 Apr 2003 18:25:51 -0700

    I have a list of files (around 6,000) under /usr/spool/cron/atjobs
    shown under my user ID that I want to remove:

    /usr/spool/cron/atjobs> ls -iltr |grep lxu|head -10
       1690588 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47 _at24
       1690587 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47 _at12
       1690593 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47 _at79
       1690592 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47 _at68
       1690591 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47 _at57
       1690590 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47 _at46
       1690598 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47
    _at135
       1690597 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47
    _at124
       1690596 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47
    _at113
       1690595 -r-Sr--r-- 1 lxu dbrm 3286 Feb 18 14:47
    _at102

    However, when I use "vi" to open these files, it indicates that the
    file I am trying to open is a "new file" and the content, of course,
    is empty.

    When I try to remove these job entries by at -r, the following happens

    /usr/spool/cron/atjobs> at -r _at24
    at: _at24: No such file or directory

    I am so puzzled by the situation.

    Because the /usr/spool/cron/atjobs is owned by root, and I do not have
    write access to the directory, I cannot remove these files underneath
    the directory with rm command even though they belong to me.

    Lots of thanks!
    L

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