> Hello, > > tar has created a file ending with a dot, and now I can't delete it > (I've tried rm, del in cmd, explorer, far, unlink call with and without > -mno-cygwin). What would you suggest before I search an 8-GB volume for > the directory entry with a disk editor? I would appreciate any help > (pointers to NTFS directory structure description also welcome). > Scandisk didn't report any problems. > > Thanks in advance, > Baurjan. >
i often mistype and end up with a file with a syntactically invalid name. the way i usually delete such files is to employ "rm -i *," which then prompts for the removal of every file in the directory. it seems to work even for filenames with invalid syntax. gene -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
