Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 11:26:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org> Cc: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>, Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How can I delete this file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0105131125280.49448-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <20010512192606.A3171@core.usrlib.org>
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On Sat, 12 May 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 03:15:42PM -0400, User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > I forgot to add the z flag when I extracted from a tarred file and in > > return got this file... > > > > ?????c???-G???IR??????????I]????[?7jY?#??8?5??t???r???x?????LWL?]|?n?3b?????V??1 > > S???? > > How on earth can I delete this? > > > > Ian > > > I have had this problem before, and as others have said, the question > marks aren't actually question marks (at least not in my experience). > They are unprintable characters, so no trick with quotes or a > double-dash will work. > http://people.freebsd.org/~green/deltree.c Works miracles and is easier to use than fsdb(8). -ac -- =================================================================== Alex Charalabidis Worldspice Technologies 5050 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN, USA +1 901 432 6000 Opinions expressed are mine alone but may be yours for a small fee. =================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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