From:	rklewi AT ntrklewi DOT monsanto DOT com (robert k lewis)
Subject:	Re: rm -R reports "circular reference"
20 Mar 1998 05:47:09 -0800 :
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To:	"Dean C Wills" <dwills AT earthling DOT net>, <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Try this....
As others have said, MS-DOS, Windows 9X and the Win32 subsystem of NT
treat CON.* as a reserved name for the console. It is mapped into the
DosDevices namespace of the NT Object Manager. To delete files of this
type, you must bypass the Win32 subsystem's file name checking
routines. This may be done by referencing the file with \\.\<FULLPATH>
or \\?\<FULLPATH>. Either the NT 'del' command or the gnu-win32 'rm'
command will work provided you do this.

Examples:
* del \\?\C:\dir\con.c
* rm //?/C:/dir/con.c
* rm \\\\?\\C:\\dir\\con.c



-----Original Message-----
From: Dean C Wills <dwills AT earthling DOT net>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: rm -R reports "circular reference"


>I would run scandisk to make sure it is not a real error first. You might
>really have a circular reference. See if deltree(win95 command) deletes the
>directory.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
>To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
>Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 4:47 PM
>Subject: rm -R reports "circular reference"
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I encountered an error while trying to "rm -R" a directory tree.  rm
>>reports "circular reference" in the directory structure.
>>
>>I seem to remember seeing such errors being discussed, but couldn't find
>>the details of when such error would occur.
>>
>>BTW.  The directory tree I tried to delete was the one created by "MS
>>Media Manager" from the MS Visual Studio 97 Enterprise Edition.
>>
>>--
>>Weiqi Gao
>>weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com
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