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- From: jdell@nefertiti.mit.edu (John Ellithorpe)
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- Subject: Re: cant delete file!
- Message-ID: <JDELL.92Aug27165431@nefertiti.mit.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 21:54:31 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: vidya-v@acsu.buffalo.edu's message of 26 Aug 92 18:13:02 GMT
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- On 26 Aug 92 18:13:02 GMT, vidya-v@acsu.buffalo.edu (vidyaranya) said:
- > A file has been created in my directory accidentally,
- > possibly while reading disk on a SparcStation IPC. I am unable
- > to remove it. The file name appears as:
-
- > -rw-r--r-- 1 vidya-v 0 Aug 24 12:02 A??LN???N???-@??-
-
- > How do I delet it? I tried escaping the '?' and '@' as follows:
-
- > [...] stuff deleted
-
- How about :
-
- % rm -i A*
- rm: remove A??LN???N???-@??-? y
-
- and it's gone for me. How that helps you.
-
- --John
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