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From: tlglenn@cs.arizona.edu (Ted L. Glenn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: undeletable file
Message-ID: <1035@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 06:00:24 GMT
References: <919@keele.keele.ac.uk>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <919@keele.keele.ac.uk>, csw76@seq1.keele.ac.uk (J.C. Kohler) writes:
> I have a file in a subdirectory which I can't delete. The file is called 
> k*hler.mac and was once generated by wp 4.2. The * stands for an o with dots on it, ascii 148. I can't delete this file under ms-dos. I've tried it also with 
> xt-pro but that didn't work either.
> 
> Does anybody has an idea how i can get rid of this file???

     You could try:
1) del k*.mac
2) del k?hler.mac
3) del *.mac

This assumes that other files won't get clobbered (you could move them around
or something). There are probably other combinations to try with the wildcard
characters. It may be necessary to use some kind of utility (Norton's?).

Hope this helps.

-- 
        -Ted L. Glenn             "Don't worry, be happy!" <--Ack! Pffffhhht!
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