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From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem deleting files
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In article <85B4CFC22AC0CA70B917D42D@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> you write:
>Nothing I've tried to delete these files seems to work. What can I do to 
>get rid of these files?

Have you tried this?

$ rm -rf .

(Be really sure you're in the right directory.)

R's,
John