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Re: Ineradicable file %_ in W95


 Looks like the good ol' Unix 'how_to_remove_that_f***in_file'...
try 'rm -i *' , for each file in the current directory, it will prompt you
before removing it, just confirm only this %_ file...
hope this helps...

Jerome "ZoSo"

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter B. West <p.west@mailbox.uq.edu.au>
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com <gnu-win32@cygnus.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 05, 1997 10:44 AM
Subject: Ineradicable file %_ in W95



>Dear subscribers,
>
>After using the GNU tools, bash and vim (W95 version), I have a file called
>"%_" (no quotes) in one of my directories.  I can't get rid of it.  I don't
>know whether it was created by a GNU process or by Turbo Pascal for DOS
>(yes, I'm afraid I was using it.)
>
>If anyone has seen anything similar while using gnuw32, or if anyone can
>suggest a way of cleaning it up, I would be most grateful.
>
>Your faithfully,
>Peter
> __ /__   Peter B. West
>   /     p.west@mailbox.uq.edu.au
>  /    "Master, to whom shall we go?"
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