From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 7 23: 3: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in (theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in [144.16.71.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AE4037BB3D for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:02:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsidd@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in) Received: (qmail 8833 invoked by uid 211); 8 Apr 2000 06:02:12 -0000 Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:32:12 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Danny Cc: JMS Internet , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unable to delete a file Message-ID: <20000408113212.C8679@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in> References: <4.3.1.2.20000406235428.02c9af00@mail.jmsinternet.com> <00040914563603.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00040914563603.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org>; from dannyh@idx.com.au on Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 02:55:16PM +1000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > As root you can press ESC it will help you delete files with spaces That will work only if you already have the first character uniquely. To get a space, put a backslash before it. That is, type /users/ftp/incoming/\ (with a space at the end) and hit ESC twice and the entry should complete (or with bash or tcsh, hit tab, or type the whole thing out explicitly backslashing each space). > > > On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, JMS Internet wrote: > > Someone has logged into my system via anonymous FTP and uploaded a > > directory or file of a large size which I can not seem to delete either via > > FTP or telnet. The complete name as listed by 'du' is: > > /users/ftp/incoming/ .x /for JUSTiSO/by KradLrobR/ (file of some type > > here) > > When I try to cd to this directory I get: > > cd: Too many arguments. > > > > Anyone's help would greatly be appreciated. > > Thank You, > > Jason Scott > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message