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RE: 3 bugs


It worked for me too:  rm '\\?\c:\temp\xy.'

Thanks!  But one question: why?

-- John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas.Wolff@icn.siemens.de [mailto:Thomas.Wolff@icn.siemens.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 7:47 AM
> To: benny@crocodial.de; cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Cc: John.Wiersba@medstat.com; Thomas.Wolff@icn.siemens.de
> Subject: Re: 3 bugs
> 
> 
> : For any file that Explorer can't deal with, try using this syntax in
> : cmd.exe:
> : 
> :   del \\?\c:\tmp\xxxxx
> 
> Thanks a lot. Finally got rid of those files.
> Works under cygwin bash as well (rm \\\\?\\c:\\temp\\xy.)
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas
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