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Bitzerj
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Aug 30, 2021
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Cannot Delete Share

Receiving this error message when trying to delete a specifik Share "Cannot delete share. It's being used by another application. (fvbackup)"   The share is empty.  It's not a huge deal, it is just...
  • Sandshark's avatar
    Sandshark
    Aug 31, 2021

    You can't delete the "directory" because it isn't one.  It's a BTRFS subvolume.  Try using brtfs subvolume delete.

     

    fvbackup is the ReadyNAS backup process.  Have a look in ./etc/frontview/backup_jobs.conf and see if anything references that share.

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