-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
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
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
-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
-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
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