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- From: hguijt@inter.NL.net (Hans Guijt)
- Subject: Re: HELP: How to delete a file named _.._
- Message-ID: <DKKCwA.GJv@inter.NL.net>
- Organization: NLnet
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- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 17:07:21 GMT
-
- Re: HELP: How to delete a file named _.._
-
- >Martin Leslie Baker (mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- >: When I've had this problem, the file is always empty, and the only way I
- >: could find to delete it was to got into Workbench and select Window -
- >: ShowAll in the directory it is in, then select the offending file and use
- >: Icons - Delete to get rid of it.
- >:
- >Another way to do it is use from the shell:
- >
- > DIR #?..#? INTER
-
- I have been following this threat now for a while, but has it really not
- occurred to anyone to just open a shell and type
-
- DELETE ..
-
- ? I mean, that's the way I usually delete files: first type 'DELETE' and
- then type the name.
-
-
- Hans
-
-