Re: filename problem

[Carlos Sousa <csousa@tvtel.pt>]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:39:30 -0400 (EDT) Thomas Meggs wrote:
> ...
> File can't be mv'd (here it is quoted):
> # mv "egotrippi_-_??l??_koskaan_ikin??.mp3" test.mp3
> mv: cannot stat `egotrippi_-_?\346l?\346_koskaan_ikin?\346.mp3': No such
> file or directory
> ...
> I've also tried removing the file via midnight commander, I get the
> 'cannot stat' error message.

This would be a first for me, mc not coping with strange filenames.

Is the name really 'egotrippi_-_??l??_koskaan_ikin??.mp3' ?

I just tried

   touch 'egotrippi_-_??l??_koskaan_ikin??.mp3'

which worked. Then tried an 'ls', which also worked. Then tried

   rm ego<TAB>

which autocompleted to 

   rm egotrippi_-_\?\?l\?\?_koskaan_ikin\?\?.mp3
   rm: remove regular empty file `egotrippi_-_??l??_koskaan_ikin??.mp3'? y

which worked. Doing a

   rm ego*

also works. So I would be inclined to say that, whatever the problem is,
it's more than just a matter of strange characters.

Sorry I can't be of any further help.

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Carlos Sousa
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