Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:14:52 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: ChildsC@BCRAIL.COM Cc: brigg@flatlan.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: somewhat interesting rm issue Message-ID: <20010628201452.A2404@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <01Jun28.130929pdt.119046@gatekeeper.bcrail.com>; from ChildsC@BCRAIL.COM on Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:11:17PM -0700 References: <01Jun28.130929pdt.119046@gatekeeper.bcrail.com>
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so, ChildsC@BCRAIL.COM shared this in my lifetime... > What error messages are you getting? Maybe the name contains some spaces. > Try rm -i blah* > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brigg Angus [mailto:brigg@flatlan.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:07 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: somewhat interesting rm issue > ... > work. When I rm or rm -rf the file there is no error message, but the file > remains. > > "ls -ol blah" has yielded both, > -rw-r-xr-x 1 777 brigg - 13 Jun 27 21:31 blah > -rwxrwxrwx 1 777 brigg - 13 Jun 27 21:31 blah > while we are on the topic, is there any way to remove a file by inode instead of by filename? didn't see anything in rm(1) and unlink(2) barely mentions the word 'inode' in context of error code [EIO]. this can be really useful when 2 filenames /appear/ to be same, but not in reality... -- so, do you like word games or scrabble? - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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