Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:51:37 -0800 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com> To: "'Walter'" <walterk1@earthlink.net>, "'Questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: deleting directories with ??? in name Message-ID: <A99A5AC30F74624388EE5F757BA58A20D7A27C@RED-MSG-50.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <405640BE.9000102@earthlink.net>
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> > I've tried lynx, but it did not display the files. > I tried emacs, but I was only able to rename two of the > directories to other names I could delete; the other two gave > me an error of illegal character. I tried 'rm -i -- ?*' but > it didn't find the files. I tried 'find . -inum 146 -delete' > but while it gave no error message, the files/directories remain. > > Help! How do I delete these odd directories? > Please CC me in your response as I'm not currently > subscribed to the List. > #mkdir dir?me #rmdir dir\?me
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