Dear Michael Pfeiffer, This problem is not cygwin related. You can delete files like this by using "UNC" style of filename (this style prevents use of DOS devices and bypasses Windows 256 character limit for filename). For example, to delete file from the root of d:\ drive use
del \\.\d:\nul -- ~/ZARAZA http://www.security.nnov.ru/ --Friday, July 2, 2004, 1:29:02 PM, you wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: MP> Hi MP> bash allows to pipe to a file named "nul" e.g.: MP> echo test > nul MP> bash-2.05b$ ls -l MP> total 1 MP> -rwxrwxrwx 1 pfeiffer mkgroup- 4 Jul 2 10:00 nul MP> The problem is that this file can not be deleted. MP> I was not able to delete it using the "rm" command in MP> bash, or "del" in a windows command line or the MP> windows explorer. MP> Any idea how this file can be deleted, without MP> booting an alternative OS? MP> Regards, MP> Michael MP> -- MP> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple MP> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html MP> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html MP> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- 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/
