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Re: colon got in file name -> can't delete!
- To: Andrew Petchonov <c00lt4lk at yahoo dot com>
- Subject: Re: colon got in file name -> can't delete!
- From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer at helixdigital dot com>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 08:44:56 -0700
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <1941038643.20010511214436@yahoo.com>
>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Petchonov <c00lt4lk@yahoo.com> writes:
Andrew> Hello , Description of the problem: A file with colon in
Andrew> the name was created successfully from cygwin, I can't
Andrew> delete it neither from cygwin nor from NT. If you know
Andrew> how to delete it please drop me a line.
I'm not sure if this would work, but maybe you could try:
$ rm .cachedmetrics.?0.0
This way, you don't reference the problematic colon directly.
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Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
alcocer@helixdigital.com -- http://www.helixdigital.com
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