Re: Can't delete file

[Kleven Bingham]

If you have any trouble with the method below (which should work just 
fine, AFAICT) you should be able to rename the file in explorer to 
something much more friendly, i.e. delfile.dat, and then simply delete it.

Seth Rubin wrote:

All DOS files are also stored in 8.3 name format.  Your file is probably
stored as WCTPRO~1.ACT
To see the 8.3 name belonging to a file, do DIR /X from a DOS window.  You
can fully use this name to access the file in question.  E.g.
DEL WCTPRO~1.ACT

-- Seth

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
Of Aurangzeb M. Agha
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:52 PM
To: Cygwin Mail List
Subject: Can't delete file
While running wget on a site I run, I ended up downloading the following
file:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]&slid=40&product=Hotel&type=PropertyInformation&lang
=ENG&affiliateId=10006093&hotelId=10214537&include=OVERVIEW&did=14&numberAdu
lts=1&numberRooms=1&dateSelected=false&needDates=Y&debugXML=false
Problem is that now I can't get rid of it.  I'm guessing this is due to
the M$ char limit.  I've tried everything from:
ls *wctProp* | xargs rm -f

to 'rm -f *', but no luck.  Every time, I get the same thing:

$ rm
[EMAIL PROTECTED]&slid\=40\&product\=Hotel\&type\=PropertyInformat
ion\&lang\=ENG\&af
filiateId\=10006093\&hotelId\=10214537\&include\=OVERVIEW\&did\=14\&numberAd
ults\=1\&numberRooms\=1
\&dateSelected\=false\&needDates\=Y\&debugXML\=false
rm: cannot remove
[EMAIL PROTECTED]&slid=40&product=Hotel&type=PropertyInformation&lan
g=ENG&
affiliateId=10006093&hotelId=10214537&include=OVERVIEW&did=14&numberAdults=1
&numberRooms=1&dateSelec
ted=false&needDates=Y&debugXML=false': File or path name too long
Anyone have any idea what I can do?  I've tried to remove from a Dos
window, Windows Explorer, but no luck.
Thanks,

Zeb

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