No go...here's the listing for the file...here's what happens... -rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 64924 Sep 2 15:24
rm " " rm: remove write-protected file ` '? y rm: cannot unlink ` ': Operation not permitted Any other ideas? --Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rus Foster Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 10:17 AM To: Brian McCann Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Slightly OT: How to remove an odd file... On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Brian McCann wrote: > I've got an interesting question for you all. I've got a file who's > name is " "...3 blank spaces. It shows up when I do an ls -la, and I > can get it's inode # (it's in RedHat...a box I'm going to convert to > FreeBSD real soon)...does anyone know how to remove a file based off > of an inode #? > > --Brian McCann Have you tried rm " " ? I've just tried it on my box bash-2.05# touch " " bash-2.05# ls -ld " " -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Oct 13 13:13 bash-2.05# rm " " bash-2.05# ls -ld " " ls: : No such file or directory Rus -- http://www.fsck.me.uk - My blog http://shells.fsck.me.uk - Hosting how you want it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
