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Date:	Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:28:30 -0400
To:	zzapper <david AT tvis DOT co DOT uk>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: How to delete rogue nul files
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At 01:32 PM 7/21/2004, you wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:14:45 +0100,  wrote:
>
>
>>> 
>>> I recently seem to be leaving nul files around my file system 
>>> which I cannot delete from Cyg or Win
>>>  
>>> Hilfe mich!
>>
>
>>
>>DEL \\.\c:\somedir\nul
>>
>>    cheers, 
>>      DaveK
>
>no luck
>
>C:\inetpub\wwwdev\www.planet.com>del nul
>The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.


Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck.




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