Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!VEC2098%RITVAX.BITNET@cornellc.ccs.cornell.edu From: VEC2098%RITVAX.BITNET@cornellc.ccs.cornell.edu Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Re: errant files Message-ID: <13170@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: 28 Apr 88 21:55:20 GMT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 38 >From: gov%"bowles@lll-crg.llnl.gov" 28-APR-1988 14:26 >Looks like the file in question has a strange character in its name, >e.g. a file with an invisible control character. There are several >ways to proceed, and the easiest way follows: > $ rm -fr . >ANSWER "no" or "n" to all files - which means "don't remove this one" >- except the errant file you wish to delete. Proceed slowly, or you can >accidently remove all files. > Jeff Bowles I received this answer to my question about errant files and it worked just fine. I am posting this because someone told me to crash my system to solve the errant file problem. That sound a bit drastic to me. Check your manuals. In version 3.51 of sys 5 I had to use rm -fri and I was able to delete the errant file. Hope this helps anyone who feels that they must crash the system to delete a file. ================================================================================ "Its a good thing we had on our Bat Thermal Underwear Robin!" Batman ================================================================================ Vance E. Cochrane Dept. of Computer Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology One Lomb Memorial Drive PO Box 9887 Rochester, NY 14623 (716) 475-5607