Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:45:27 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to delete rogue nul files Message-ID: <20040721224527.GA26854@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <87smblfezy.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:58:37PM +0000, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>I've been using this: > >Interesting. I would have booted Linux and removed 'nul' with its >tools. :) Hmm. I would have taken a very tiny magnet, pried open the cover of the hard drive, and run the magnet over the part of the platter that said "nul" on it. I'd probably need a magnifying glass too, now that I think of it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/