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RE: How to delete file "nul"?


Hello,

try this way :

cd my_folder
find ./ -name "nul" -exec rm {} /;

Fred



-----Message d'origine-----
De : cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]De la part
de Michael Pfeiffer
Envoye : vendredi 2 juillet 2004 11:29
A : cygwin@cygwin.com
Objet : How to delete file "nul"?


Hi

bash allows to pipe to a file named "nul" e.g.:
echo test > nul

bash-2.05b$ ls -l
total 1
-rwxrwxrwx    1 pfeiffer mkgroup-        4 Jul  2 10:00 nul

The problem is that this file can not be deleted.
I was not able to delete it using the "rm" command in
bash, or "del" in a windows command line or the
windows explorer.

Any idea how this file can be deleted, without
booting an alternative OS?


Regards,
Michael


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