kubernetes/kops · error

error removing file %s: %w

Error message

error removing file %s: %w

What it means

Returned by SSHPath.RemoveAll when deleting an individual file from the ReadTree listing fails during a recursive purge. The per-file Remove error (remote permissions, read-only filesystem, or connection loss) is wrapped with the failing path so the caller can see which tree entry aborted the cleanup.

Source

Thrown at util/pkg/vfs/sshfs.go:126

		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
			return err
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("error deleting %s: %w", p, err)
	}

	return nil
}

func (p *SSHPath) RemoveAll(ctx context.Context) error {
	tree, err := p.ReadTree(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	for _, filePath := range tree {
		err := filePath.Remove(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error removing file %s: %w", filePath, err)
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func (p *SSHPath) RemoveAllVersions(ctx context.Context) error {
	return p.Remove(ctx)
}

func (p *SSHPath) Join(relativePath ...string) Path {
	args := []string{p.path}
	args = append(args, relativePath...)
	joined := path.Join(args...)
	return NewSSHPath(p.client, p.server, joined, p.sudo)
}

func mkdirAll(sftpClient *sftp.Client, dir string) error {

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Solutions

1. Fix remote permissions on the reported path and re-run RemoveAll — already-deleted files return not-exist and are tolerated
2. Verify the filesystem isn't read-only or the disk isn't in an error state

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at util/pkg/vfs/sshfs.go:126 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2ba6c27e4cdfa236. Report an issue: GitHub.