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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: rm hangs on illegal filename nul
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 15:42:36 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Volker Quetschke
> Sent: 27 May 2004 15:32

> Vince Hoffman wrote:
> >>>I somehow managed to create a file named nul (further investigation
> >>>pending), and now rm -rf hangs when trying to remove the
> >>>directory with
> >>>this file.
> >>
> >>  Known ('doze) problem.  Also occurs with filenames like 
> aux, com1, lpt
> >>etc.  The workaround is WDDTT.
> >>
> > 
> > umm is that another way of saying, try
> > cmd /c dir /x
> > find 8.3 format name of file and them rm that.

  Nope, it's a way of saying "The workaround is not to create files with the
names of special DOS devices in the first place"!  [That's the difference
between a workaround and a solution...]

 
> Hmm,
> 
> $ cmd /c dir /x
>   Volume in drive C has no label.
>   Volume Serial Number is 2C4B-5A99
> 
>   Directory of C:\cygwin\home\quetschke
> 
> 05/27/2004  09:52 AM    <DIR>                       .
> 05/27/2004  09:52 AM    <DIR>                       ..
> 05/27/2004  09:52 AM                 4              nul
> 
> doesn't help :-(

  How about

cmd /c 'del nu?.*'

  Does that get it?


    cheers, 
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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