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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.com>del nul
>The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.


Use the syntax Dave suggested and you'll have better luck.




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