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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 00:28:53 -0700
To: "Richard Grace" <rgrace@itworks.com.au>,
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Subject: RE: unable to delete a file
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Thank you very much.  This worked, so did:

rm -r "   .x  "

Thanks all again.


At 05:19 PM 4/7/00 +1000, Richard Grace wrote:
> > Have you tried to install tkdesk? (it's in /usr/ports/x11-fm).
> > I have had the same thing happen. In text mode (non Xwindows) you
> > have to put
> > either " or ' to the beginning and end of the file. Like
> > rm 'Start Menu' or rm "Start Menu"
> >
> > with a program like tkdesk, the file shows up in a file manager
> > box and you
> > hightlight and delete.
> >
> > lnb
> >
> >
> > On 07-Apr-00 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.
>
>Wildcards are your friends, try also the -i argument to rm.
>
>eg,
>
>$ cd /users/ftp/incoming/*.x*/for*/by*
>$ rm -i *
>
>Then answer 'y' or 'n' to any of the files.  This will allow you to delete
>files which may have special charaters in their names as well.
>
>Richard Grace.



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