Thanks Rodney!  I haven't had any luck with ftp.exe that's included with Windows, or 
with Explorer, but I'll experiment with some other FTP clients.

   -Rich

On 11/Dec/2002 23:40:37, Rodney Richison wrote:
> I did the same thing once. Left one open so folks could just use it if they
> needed to. Nice guy syndrome. I learned real quick..
> 
> That was several years ago, but I think I ftp'd into it and could then
> delete it.
> 
> 
> Highest Regards
> Rodney Richison
> 918-358-1111
> <A HREF="http://www.rcrnet.net";>www.rcrnet.net</A>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
> I probably deserve a scolding, but I leave an FTP directory open to
> anonymous uploaders.  Well, someone put a directory in there with control
> characters in the directory name (see attachment, or if that doesn't make it
> through, it looks like g"��}"� in Windows Explorer) and I can't get rid
> of it!  I've tried renaming, deleting, and removing in Windows.  I've tried
> booting with an MS-DOS floppy and running DEL g*, RD g*, DELTREE g* and
> nothing works!  For what it's worth, I suspect that the first character is a
> non-printable character and not "g", but I don't really know.
> 
> Anyway, how can I delete that folder?
> 
> TIA,
>    -Rich
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