ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can't rmdir './foodb', errno: 39)

При попытке удаления БД возникает ошибка:
mysql> drop database foodb;
ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can't rmdir './foodb', errno: 39)

Решение:
# cd /var/lib/mysql
# rm -fr foodb
# mysql -uroot -ppass -e 'drop database foodb;'
ERROR 1008 (HY000): Can't drop database 'foodb'; database doesn't exist
# mysql -uroot -ppass -e 'create database foodb;'
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
# mysql -uroot -ppass -e 'drop database foodb;'
Query OK, 0 rows affected (3.38 sec)

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