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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: How to delete rogue nul files
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:53:43 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of zzapper
> Sent: 21 July 2004 18:33

> 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.

  Try "del \\.\C:\inetpub\wwwdev\www.planet.com\nul", like I suggested.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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