> Kim Wing Fung wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Sorry for not elaborating more on the problem.. Anyway.. What
> happens is that i do the following:
>
> tar zxf /path/to/and/including/filename
>
> for items such as the linux kernel this works and i get the required
> items (the linux kernel), but for some files such as the darwin
> project (mac kernel) (www.publicsource.apple.com) tar file i get files
> which when i use <ls -l> command to look at the files properties tells
> me i have only read access and there is no way, no matter what the
> priverliges, i can change them to write so that i can delete them.
> These files have the obscured names such as
> "%^$�&*�^�@@�"!*^&(?@<><%$&>" and it is these i refer to as ghost
> files.. They can't be deleted and they can't be accessed or modified
> in any way. Please help...
>
> Kim Wing Fung
It looks like you were trying to install mac software on a linux box...
Let's see if we can sneak the names to the rm command...
Log in as root. Stay in the console mode. Run the mc command (Midnight
commander pgm). In the left panel (or the right, it doesn't matter)
navigate to the directory in which the ghost files exist. With the
mouse, right-click on the ghost files to highlight them. Now press the
F8 key to delete them. Hope it works!
JLK
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