Could Not Remove Directory Warnings On Upgrade to WHM 72

linux4me2

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My server did the automatic upgrade to WHM 72 from WHM 70, and I noticed the following "Cannot remove directory" warnings in the log:
Code:
Could not remove directory '/usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/templates/file_restoration/services': Directory not empty
Could not remove directory '/usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/templates/file_restoration/views': Directory not empty
Could not remove directory '/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/paper_lantern/file_restoration/services': Directory not empty
Could not remove directory '/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/paper_lantern/file_restoration/views': Directory not empty
Could not remove directory '/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/paper_lantern/file_restoration' is not empty, not removing.
I'm guessing it's safe to delete the files in there and remove them manually, but I just wanted to check before I messed something up.

Is it safe to delete the files in those directories and then delete the directories?
 

cPanelLauren

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Hello @linux4me2

I have a server that runs on edge and I have these directories with contents inside them. I think a better solution would be to remove:
Code:
/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/paper_lantern/file_restoration
Then to ensure it's not needed run:

Code:
/scripts/upcp --force
Which should resync any necessary data.

Thanks!
 
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