Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!rpi!usenet.rpi.edu!rodney From: rodney@dali.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Help! There's a slash '/' in my filename. Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 91 20:58:14 GMT References: <821@nddsun1.sps.mot.com> <2665@trlluna.trl.oz> <1991Feb4.231354.5305@mtxinu.COM> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Image Processing Lab, Troy NY Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: shore@mtxinu.COM's message of 4 Feb 91 23:13:54 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: dali.ipl.rpi.edu >>>>> On 4 Feb 91 23:13:54 GMT, shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore) said: > In article <2665@trlluna.trl.oz> mcf@trlamct.trl.oz.au (Michael Flower) writes: >The problem is NOT fixable using other UNIX commands, since they all reference >the file via namei, which knows about '/' as being a path component >seperator. hey people -- this 'how do I delete a file with a / in it' and it's cousin question 'how do I delete a file that starts with -' are in the FAQ. They are the reason that the FAQ was made, and a large part of the reason that the wizards group was split apart. The answer -- the real answer -- is in the FAQ for this group. Go look in the spool dir for the oldest file for this group -- that's probably it. -- Rodney