Why would you want to go through all that when you can just use the inode number in the find command? That works on every flavor of Unix and has no risk of delting the wrong file(s).
>>> "Graziano Barberini " <oracledba-ezmlmshield-x82674635.[Email address protected] 04/07/05 12:08 PM >>>
Try this (if the -C file isn't in / ):
create a new dir ie. ../new_dir
move all files except -c file on this new dir with:
mv [a-Z]* ../new_dir
so in old dir you have only the file -C ... (try ls -la for sure)
cd ..
remove the old dir:
rm -rf old_dir
rename new_dir into old_dir:
mv new_dir old_dir
voila'
Graziano Barberini
www.elitecgroup.it
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Darren Finch [mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x94138749.[Email address protected]
Inviato: giovedì 7 aprile 2005 16.36
A: LazyDBA Discussion
Oggetto: RE: can't delete file!
rm ?C will also do the trick
The ? Comes in very handy for removing corrupt characters too (which does
happen!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Anderson Garry
[mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x54436094.[Email address protected]
Sent: 07 April 2005 15:31
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: RE: can't delete file!
in Solaris and most unix flavors use ./ i.e.
rm ./-C
--Garry
-----Original Message-----
From: Ivo Peksens
[mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x9298223.[Email address protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:21 AM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: can't delete file!
Hello!
Does anyone know how to delete in Solaris a file named like "-C".
I mean rm command does not see it!
Thanks
Ivo Peksens
ivo.[Email address protected]
2005-04-05 14:18:36
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