Error in dropping a database in MySQL (can't rmdir '.\oro', errno: 41)

Question

I can\'t delete a database from mysql. The error is like

ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can\'t rmdir \'.\\oro\', errno: 41)

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Answer 1

I realize I'm really late to the party, but when I had this issue (and ended up here) I navigated to the directory and actually found a file had inadvertently been created in the directory via INTO OUTFILE without a path, and I'd forgotten about it. MySQL seemed to have an issue because it had not created the file, and so could not delete the directory in question.