MySQL: Error dropping database (errno 13; errno 17; errno 39)

Question

I failed to drop a database:

mysql> drop database mydb;
ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can\'t rmdir \'./mydb\', errno: 39)

Directory db/m

Answer 1

As for ERRORCODE 39, you can definately just delete the physical table files on the disk. the location depends on your OS distribution and setup. On Debian its typically under /var/lib/mysql/database_name/ So do a:

rm -f /var/lib/mysql//

And then drop the database from your tool of choice or using the command:

DROP DATABASE