Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:23:24 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> Cc: ChildsC@BCRAIL.COM, brigg@flatlan.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: somewhat interesting rm issue Message-ID: <20010628172323.B3556@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20010628201452.A2404@moo.holy.cow>; from parv_@yahoo.com on Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 08:14:52PM -0400 References: <01Jun28.130929pdt.119046@gatekeeper.bcrail.com> <20010628201452.A2404@moo.holy.cow>
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 08:14:52PM -0400, parv wrote:
> 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...
>
You'll find the exact formula in an old edition of
DaemonNews.
It's something like
% find -inum <<index number>> -print -exec rm -i {} \;
((At least 75% of the questions here could be answered by
checking the right URL. Of the FBSD Diary, Daemonnews, or
the handbook FAQ's.... Somebody ought to put together a
master index :-))
-g
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Gary D. Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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