Dave -- That worked! Thank goodness, I thought I'd have to live with an unwanted folder forever.
I'm curious--was what you suggested possible just because I was lucky? What if the names of the files had been even longer; would your suggestion not have worked?! Thanks so much. Sincerely, Zeb > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:51:32 -0000 > From: Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Cygwin Mail List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Can't delete file > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Aurangzeb M. Agha > > > Thanks for the suggestion Kleven, but neither did the suggestion below > > work: > > > > C:\TEMP\downloads\nutch-2003-11-17\www.greece101.com>dir /x > > Here, maybe this will work: try shortening the overlong path by doing > something like this: > > ---snip--- > C: > cd \temp\downloads > ren nutch-2003-11-17 x > move x \ > cd \x > ren www.greece101.com y > cd \x\y > del wctpro~1.act > ---snip--- > > so that the file ends up being called C:\x\y\wctPropInfo(...snip!); with a > bit of luck, reducing the > "C:\TEMP\downloads\nutch-2003-11-17\www.greece101.com" path part of the > filename to "C:\x\y" might make the overall filename enough shorter to fit > within the maximum path length. It does seem as if, because Bash feels the > need to escape all the embedded equals, ampersand, and at signs: > > >$ rm > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]&slid\=40\&product\=Hotel\&type\=PropertyInf > >ormat > >ion\&lang\=ENG\&af > >filiateId\=10006093\&hotelId\=10214537\&include\=OVERVIEW\&did\=14\&num > >berAd > >ults\=1\&numberRooms\=1 > >\&dateSelected\=false\&needDates\=Y\&debugXML\=false > >rm: cannot remove > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]&slid=40&product=Hotel&type=PropertyInformatio > >n&lan > >g=ENG& > >affiliateId=10006093&hotelId=10214537&include=OVERVIEW&did=14&numberAdu > >lts=1 > >&numberRooms=1&dateSelec > >ted=false&needDates=Y&debugXML=false': File or path name too long > > that what might otherwise be a legit pathname is becoming too long. > > > cheers, > DaveK -- 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/