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From: tmiller@hpccc.HP.COM (Teri Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: The directory with no name??
Message-ID: <6010002@hpccc.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 90 18:32:21 GMT
References: <1442@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>
Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services
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Have you tried 

rmdir ^v ^v<return>

It looks to me as though the filename does exist, and that it consists
of a space then the return character.  So, what the above should do is
to accept a space, then a <return>.  (Note the space between the two
control vees.)

Hope it works!

Teri Miller
HP Santa Clara Information Systems Division

Disclaimer: The above does not represent HP in any way.  I am not part
of HP's customer support structure, nor is HP responsible for anything
I've stated.