Date: 15 Mar 2004 20:26:12 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net> Cc: Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: deleting directories with ??? in name] Message-ID: <44smg9oa4r.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <40564E2C.7060706@earthlink.net> References: <40564E2C.7060706@earthlink.net>
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Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net> writes: > I managed to delete the files by recreating the directory. > > Not to seem ungrateful, but isn't it a Bad Thing that it > is not straightforeward to delete any file on the system > (as root, and thwarted merely because of the characters in > the name of the file/directory)? I'm not in a position to > mangle lynx, but oughtn't it to be able to zap ANY file > regardless of its name? (emacs is obtuse to me.) Is this > worthy of a PR? Or are there other ways to kill a > malconforming file? Why should an annonomous FTP user > be able to create a directory tree that the root account > of the machine can't traverse and delete normally? (Sigh.) It sounds like you're just unfamiliar with shell quoting rules. Maybe you'd find it easier with a different shell? [root uses csh by default, which I find much more arcane than sh]
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