From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: GNU Pascal (gpc) 2.1 released
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:32:54 +0100
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Hello.

CBFalconer wrote:
[snip]
> I checked that the appropriate .mft files existed, and that they
> contained suitable file lists, yet issuing the rm -f @XXX command
> did NOT delete the files.  I have also checked that rm IS running
> the rm in the DJGPP\BIN directory.  I have an alias for rm in the
> form "*rm -i", which should not affect anything since the docs say
> -f defeats an earlier -i, and I also attempted totally defeating
> the alias.  Just in case 4dos had anything to do with it I tried
> executing the lines through bash, with no change.

What happens if you use the '-v' (verbose) option? E.g.:

    rm -fv @XXX

Does 'rm' display anything?

Regards,

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]