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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: 2nd time:How to remove files?
- Message-ID: <BxMKBI.3M5@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Keywords: remove, unix, corefiles
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <Nov.11.13.41.20.1992.909@skynyrd.rutgers.edu> <1dtu98INNkqq@uranium.sto.pdb.sni.de>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:40:29 GMT
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- puchalek@skynyrd.rutgers.edu (michael) writes:
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- >I keep getting files added to my working directory such as 'xerrors'
- >and '.nfs***'. If I put a line in my .login that says 'rm xerrors', a
- >'xerrors:no such file' message appears every time I log in. If I leave
- >the 'rm xerrors' line out of my .login, the 'xerrors' file starts to
- >show up in my root directory. The '.nfs***' files appear whenever I
- >am working in the text editor, emacs in this case. I have uncommented
- >the line 'limit coredumpsize 0' in my .login. Any suggestions? If it is
- >more convenient to email, that's fine.
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- You have to ask your sysadm why "xerrors" file showed up in the first
- place. Now, about removing the file.
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- The error msg "xerrors:no such file" is due to the fact that there is
- no "xerrors" file. You might want to use :
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- rm -f xerrors
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- -- budi
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
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