Re: Need to remove a ghost file, but can't because it doesn't exist
On 15 Nov 2006, Wayne Topa wrote:
> J.A. de Vries(hdv@jadev.org) is reported to have said:
> > Hi,
> > To be honest I don't know what to do next. I really want to backup my mail,
> > but cannot because of this problem. To solve the problem I need to remove the
> > file, but when I do try such I get told it isn't there. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Your help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Been there, done that. Now when I come across a file the is there but
> isn't, I run mc. If it's really there, mc will remove it.
>
> Wayne
>
I'd second this. Many a time I've been able to remove misnamed or other
recalcitrant files using mc. Never known it to fail.
Anthony
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