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.com>del 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/