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From: Eric Hanchrow <offby1 AT blarg DOT net>
Subject: Re: How to delete rogue nul files
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:26:41 -0700
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I've been using this:

    #!/usr/bin/env perl

    use warnings;
    use strict;
    use Data::Dumper;

    die "This program is only useful on Cygwin.\n"
      unless ($^O eq "cygwin");

    my $filename = shift;

    $filename =~ s(/nul$)()i;

    $filename = qx(realpath $filename);     chomp $filename;
    $filename = qx(cygpath -w $filename);   chomp $filename;
    $filename = q(\\\\.\\) . $filename;
    $filename .= "\\nul";

    if (unlink $filename) {
      print "Removed $filename.\n";
    } else {
      warn "Can't unlink $filename: $!";
    }

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