If the name you created was "c:asdf" then next time try:
rm "c?asdf"
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Glen Coakley, Sr. Software Engineer
MQSoftware Inc., (763) 543-4845
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Petchonoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 8:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Dario Alcocer
> Subject: Re: colon got in file name -> can't delete!
>
>
> Hi
>
> The problem is: Windows does not allow colons
> in filenames. However, colons can be stored
> on disk itself. And somehow cygwin managed
> to write colon in filename to disk.
>
> The only way to delete the file was
> to run ntfsdos utility (available from
> sysinternals.com) from DOS to access
> the NTFS volume and delete the stupid file.
> Thanks everyone for your responses.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew
>
> --- Dario Alcocer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Petchonov
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Andrew> Hello , Description of the problem: A
> > file with colon in
> > Andrew> the name was created successfully from
> > cygwin, I can't
> > Andrew> delete it neither from cygwin nor from
> > NT. If you know
> > Andrew> how to delete it please drop me a line.
> >
> > I'm not sure if this would work, but maybe you could
> > try:
> >
> > $ rm .cachedmetrics.?0.0
> >
> > This way, you don't reference the problematic colon
> > directly.
> >
> > --
> > Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix
> > Digital Inc.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
> http://www.helixdigital.com
>
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