<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: How to kill a dir?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Try placing the directory name in quotes "" or single quotes '' Eg. rm -fr "test" -Channon -----Original Message----- From: WipeOut [<A HREF="mailto:wipe_out@users.sourceforge.net">mailto:wipe_out@users.sourceforge.net</A>] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 12:09 PM To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: How to kill a dir? I have a dir that I can't seem to delete and is giving strange errors.. [root@dev02 i386]# ls ls: ??*?: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character test [root@dev02 i386]# rm -rf test rm: cannot remove directory `test': Directory not empty [root@dev02 i386]# cd test [root@dev02 test]# ls ls: : No such file or directory Anyone got any super commands for getting rid of a directory that just will not go? Thanks.. Later.. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" TARGET="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A> </BODY> </HTML>