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From: asmodeus@tree.UUCP (Jonathan Ballard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ghost file
Summary: yet another way
Message-ID: <149@tree.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 88 16:36:39 GMT
References: <17566@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: TREE BBS (916)-349-0385 Sacramento, Ca
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In article <17566@adm.BRL.MIL>, devusr@nswc-oas.arpa writes:
> (Thomas Heil) writes:
> >Hello, folks!
> >
> >I got a little problem with  a "ghost file". It appears when I  list the
> >contents of  a directory, but  it can't be accessed  in any way  - every
> >program tells  me it doesn't  exist. It can't  even be removed.
> 
> (Paul De Bra <debra@alice.uucp>) responds:
[ stuff deleted]
> >rm *g*h*o*s*t*
[stuff deleted]
> 	find . -inum XXX -exec rm {} \;
> where XXX is the inode number reported by ls.
> 
> /dave

And another way, which will find out the full name it is uder is to do a

od -cb .

It will run threw and show the ascii and binary code of the directory.  If
yours is set up like my the first two chaaracters are the inode number
and the rest (asumming 14 more) on that line is the name.  You should see
there if there is any extra characters that ls would not print out.
Then you could use rm to remove it while you add that non-graphic character.

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