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- From: dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (David W. Tamkin)
- Subject: Re: file removal problem solved.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.183913.2506@ddsw1.mcs.com>
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- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:39:13 GMT
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- jerry@incc.com (Jerry Rocteur) wrote in <114.22393@incc.com>:
-
- | This is all so tiresome pleaaaaaaase, Eric Li[t]man summed it all up in
- | a post on Aug 27th, this should be posted on a daily basis, that way
- | we would not have to repeatedly read these stupid questions and often
- | answers, here is Eric's post, read it, print it and paste it on the
- | wall, please..........
-
- [Rocteur's citation of Litman's example deleted]
-
- | IN OTHER WORDS, DO AN ls -i OF THE PROBLEM FILE, STAY WITHIN THAT
- | DIRECTORY, DO A find . -inum nnnn -exec rm {} \; WHERE nnnn IS THE
- | NUMBER DISPLAYED TO THE LEFT OF YOUR FILES NAME, AND THAT IS IT,
- | YOUR PROBLEM FILE IS DELETED...................
-
- Almost; if the funny name is an extra link to a valuable file whose other
- link is/links are in or under the same directory, use -ok as Jean-Pierre
- Radley suggested instead of -exec.
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