RE: How to delete rogue nul files
I just use a freeware tool... http://www.purgeie.com/delinv.htm Trevor -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
Hi, I would like to declare this the NUL-est thread ever, and would like to thank you NUL-experts for your NUL-help. Seriously I've now learnt how to delete those pesky undeletable windows files namely DEL \\.\c:\somedir\nul or delinvfile.exe (google for this utility) And also the conundrum that ls -l nul will ALWAYS list a file zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki zsh) -- vim -c :%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg? http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: How to delete rogue nul files
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Larry Hall Sent: 22 July 2004 03:01 You can use '.' in place of '?'. [ Insert here quick discussion of difference between a UNC path to the local host's redirector and a softlink in the root of the object namespace hierarchy to the DosDevices subdir that contains softlinks to the actual hard devices. ] [ Then take it out again, because it's all a bit too win-specific and getting OT for this list. :-o ] cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
Hi, I would like to declare this the NUL-est thread ever, and would like to thank you NUL-experts for your NUL-help. Seriously I've now learnt how to delete those pesky undeletable windows files namely DEL \\.\c:\somedir\nul or delinvfile.exe (google for this utility) And also the conundrum that ls -l nul will ALWAYS list a file zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki zsh) -- vim -c :%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg? http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: How to delete rogue nul files
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of zzapper Sent: 21 July 2004 17:13 Hi, I recently seem to be leaving nul files around my file system which I cannot delete from Cyg or Win Hilfe mich! http://www.google.com/search?q=rm+delete+nul+com+file+site:cygwin.comhl=en; lr=ie=UTF-8filter=0 Executive summary: DEL \\.\c:\somedir\nul cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
I've been using this:
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
die This program is only useful on Cygwin.\n
unless ($^O eq cygwin);
my $filename = shift;
$filename =~ s(/nul$)()i;
$filename = qx(realpath $filename); chomp $filename;
$filename = qx(cygpath -w $filename); chomp $filename;
$filename = q(.\\) . $filename;
$filename .= \\nul;
if (unlink $filename) {
print Removed $filename.\n;
} else {
warn Can't unlink $filename: $!;
}
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Re: How to delete rogue nul files
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.comdel nul The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki zsh) -- vim -c :%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg? http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
At 01:32 PM 7/21/2004, you wrote: 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.comdel nul The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:26:41 -0700, wrote:
Eric I tried
#!/usr/bin/env perl
my $filename='nul';
if (unlink $filename) {
print Removed $filename.\n;
} else {
warn Can't unlink $filename: $!;
}
Said it had deleted file but that was lie!!
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RE: How to delete rogue nul files
-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.comdel 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:28:30 -0400, wrote: At 01:32 PM 7/21/2004, you wrote: 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.comdel nul The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck. Larry That zeroed the file, but it's still undeletable. But what is that wierd delete syntax?? zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki zsh) -- vim -c :%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg? http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: How to delete rogue nul files
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of zzapper Sent: 21 July 2004 18:51 I recently seem to be leaving nul files around my file system which I cannot delete from Cyg or Win DEL \\.\c:\somedir\nul no luck C:\inetpub\wwwdev\www.planet.comdel nul The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck. That zeroed the file, but it's still undeletable. But what is that wierd delete syntax?? Actually, it may have genuinely deleted it after all, but it might also look as if it was still there, depending how you look. It's easy to think the file is still there if you look for it by doing ls -l nul, because for some reason that will always succeed, regardless of whether or not there actually is a nul-named file in the directory you're looking in. Compare the results of ls -l nul and ls -l | grep nul and you'll see what I mean. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: How to delete rogue nul files
At Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:51 PM, zzapper wrote: On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:28:30 -0400, wrote: At 01:32 PM 7/21/2004, you wrote: 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.comdel nul The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck. Larry That zeroed the file, but it's still undeletable. But what is that wierd delete syntax?? Are you sure that they are really there? When you see them but cannot delete them in windows, are you using cmd.exe or command.com or have you tried in Windows Explorer? Do you see them in Windows Explorer? If not, you have fallen into the following pitfall. Many versions of DOS and Windows report the existence of NUL, AUX, and other special file names in every directory. But they are not really there. This allows C:\path dir nul in any directory. There is no C:\DEV in DOS/Windows to put nul/aux/etc. into. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:05:05 +0100, wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of zzapper Sent: 21 July 2004 18:51 I recently seem to be leaving nul files around my file system which I cannot delete from Cyg or Win DEL \\.\c:\somedir\nul no luck C:\inetpub\wwwdev\www.planet.comdel nul The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck. That zeroed the file, but it's still undeletable. But what is that wierd delete syntax?? Actually, it may have genuinely deleted it after all, but it might also look as if it was still there, depending how you look. It's easy to think the file is still there if you look for it by doing ls -l nul, because for some reason that will always succeed, regardless of whether or not there actually is a nul-named file in the directory you're looking in. Compare the results of ls -l nul and ls -l | grep nul and you'll see what I mean. DK, ls -l | grep nul Absolutely right, I could see that it had disappeared from Win, but was fooled into thinking I could still see it in Cyg. What a wonderful conundrum!! Where are the nuls likely to have originated from?? Frustra laborant quotquot fatigant deletum nul (Bad Latin) zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki zsh) -- vim -c :%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg? http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
While it's not hard to delete the rouge nul files, it is a recent change to cygwin that allows them to be created at all. 1.5.9 seemed to treat NUL in the normal windows way (equivalent of /dev/null), so didn't create these files. 1.5.10 changed so Cygwin no longer recognizes windows special file names like NUL, and instead treats them like normal files. Is there a reason for this change? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Chuck McDevitt wrote: While it's not hard to delete the rouge nul files, it is a recent change to cygwin that allows them to be created at all. 1.5.9 seemed to treat NUL in the normal windows way (equivalent of /dev/null), so didn't create these files. 1.5.10 changed so Cygwin no longer recognizes windows special file names like NUL, and instead treats them like normal files. Is there a reason for this change? Read the thread that Dave Korn pointed to. It was a bug in Cygwin 1.5.10. The bug was fixed in CVS, and is not present in the latest snapshots. The recipe for deleting the file was only needed for the systems that have this bug. FWIW, the 20040716 snapshot is pretty stable (I'm running it now)... YMMV... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster. -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
I've been using this: Interesting. I would have booted Linux and removed 'nul' with its tools. :) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:58:37PM +, Jan Engelhardt wrote: I've been using this: Interesting. I would have booted Linux and removed 'nul' with its tools. :) Hmm. I would have taken a very tiny magnet, pried open the cover of the hard drive, and run the magnet over the part of the platter that said nul on it. I'd probably need a magnifying glass too, now that I think of it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: How to delete rogue nul files
At 01:50 PM 7/21/2004, you wrote: On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:28:30 -0400, wrote: At 01:32 PM 7/21/2004, you wrote: 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.comdel nul The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck. Larry That zeroed the file, but it's still undeletable. But what is that wierd delete syntax?? See documentation for CreateFile(). http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/deletefile.asp You can use '.' in place of '?'. There's probably a better pointer out there but that's the best one I can find quickly. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
