RE: rm hangs on illegal filename nul

2004-05-27 Thread Dave Korn
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Volker Quetschke Sent: 27 May 2004 14:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: rm hangs on illegal filename nul Hi, I somehow managed to create a file named nul (further investigation pending), and now rm -rf hangs when trying to

RE: rm hangs on illegal filename nul

2004-05-27 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Volker Quetschke Sent: 27 May 2004 14:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: rm hangs on illegal filename nul Hi, I somehow managed to create a file named nul (further investigation

Re: rm hangs on illegal filename nul

2004-05-27 Thread Volker Quetschke
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

RE: rm hangs on illegal filename nul

2004-05-27 Thread Dave Korn
-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

RE: rm hangs on illegal filename nul

2004-05-27 Thread Dave Korn
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Dave Korn Sent: 27 May 2004 15:43 How about cmd /c 'del nu?.*' Does that get it? Nope, it doesn't. Volker's technique is the right answer. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today --