From: gay AT aspentec DOT com ("Jerome Gay") Subject: Re: Ineradicable file %_ in W95 5 Aug 1997 03:57:10 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <9708050849.AA38606.cygnus.gnu-win32@hagar.aspentec.com> Reply-To: "Jerome Gay" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-To: , "Peter B. West"

X-Priority: 3 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Looks like the good ol' Unix 'how_to_remove_that_f***in_file'... try 'rm -i *' , for each file in the current directory, it will prompt you before removing it, just confirm only this %_ file... hope this helps... Jerome "ZoSo" -----Original Message----- From: Peter B. West

To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Date: Tuesday, August 05, 1997 10:44 AM Subject: Ineradicable file %_ in W95 >Dear subscribers, > >After using the GNU tools, bash and vim (W95 version), I have a file called >"%_" (no quotes) in one of my directories. I can't get rid of it. I don't >know whether it was created by a GNU process or by Turbo Pascal for DOS >(yes, I'm afraid I was using it.) > >If anyone has seen anything similar while using gnuw32, or if anyone can >suggest a way of cleaning it up, I would be most grateful. > >Your faithfully, >Peter > __ /__ Peter B. West > / p DOT west AT mailbox DOT uq DOT edu DOT au > / "Master, to whom shall we go?" >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".