Re: How to delete rouge files created under msdos?

["Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@vianet.ca>]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 08:54:22AM +0800, ze phyr wrote:
> A rouge script created many directories with a file name
> 
> "you.cant.delete..\"    (the quote marks are not part of the file name).
> 
> Now, I can delete them under pure DOS first by using  dir /x to
> identify them, and then using rd to remove them.
> 
> But it is very hard to delete files created like this under Linux.
> 
> 1. The appear like a directory. But when I list it, the system says it
> can't find the file.
> 2. Tried to delete it using its inode number, but its inode constantly
> increase by one every time it is listed. find command can't see them
> either.
> 3. Of course rm -rf didn't work either.
> 
> how can I delete this rouge file wicked name under Linux? By the way,
> how to create files like this?

I've only come accross this once.  I used mc.  Does it show up in a
browser (mc, lynx, konqueror) that otherwise lets you delete files?

Can you move it?  Can you rename it?

Doug.