| Ok, in Win2k, how do you delete/rename/whatever |
by hadji |
2005-03-26 14:17:38 |
a file for which the filename ends with a space?
I've tried wild cards. They don't work. I've tried "filename ", and that doesn't work. I've tried filena~1, and that doesn't work. It keeps telling me access denied or file does not exist. Any ideas? |
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Go back in time, and | by tskelton | 2005-03-26 14:21:12 |
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In winXP | by hej | 2005-03-26 14:21:57 |
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OK, I just did a bit of experimentation | by tskelton | 2005-03-26 14:24:29 |
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The file was created by an automated process. (n/t | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:25:51 |
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OK, back to my original answer, below ;-) (n/t) | by tskelton | 2005-03-26 14:26:43 |
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are you sure it's a space? | by chipmunk2 | 2005-03-26 14:26:48 |
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I've seen THAT problem before. | by Didactylos | 2005-03-26 14:29:25 |
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how about writing a small program | by Tars_Tarkas | 2005-03-26 14:29:13 |
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Because I'm a mediocre coder. :-( (n/t) | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:31:19 |
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Install cygwin and try from there? (n/t) | by Tars_Tarkas | 2005-03-26 14:34:26 |
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I've thought of that. | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:37:48 |
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one of the reasons we love microsoft, right:) (n/t | by chipmunk2 | 2005-03-26 14:39:28 |
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The space is treated like any other character | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:27:54 |
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Ah, ok | by hej | 2005-03-26 14:31:46 |
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It doesn't work in either. | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:34:17 |
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What happens if you click on the file? | by hej | 2005-03-26 14:37:20 |
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Well, one is a folder. And if I click on that | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:39:25 |
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Have you tried | by Didactylos | 2005-03-26 14:39:10 |
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Yep. Tried it. Coudln't rename the file. (n/t) | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:40:11 |
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How about: | by Tars_Tarkas | 2005-03-26 14:24:33 |
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Can't do that. It's a production server. (n/t) | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:25:05 |
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From the command-line? | by jiteo | 2005-03-26 14:25:11 |
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The GUI does the same thing as the command line. | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:30:14 |
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good explanation of it.. | by chipmunk2 | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Solution! | by chipmunk2 | 2005-03-26 14:48:00 |
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So like . . . | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:54:48 |
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since I posted that | by chipmunk2 | 2005-03-26 14:56:40 |
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Tried it and it didn't work. :-( (n/t) | by hadji | 2005-03-26 14:57:37 |
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I'll keep at it, I must have done something | by chipmunk2 | 2005-03-26 14:59:16 |
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Don't spend too much time. If you find an answer, | by hadji | 2005-03-26 15:01:58 |
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Have you tried simply tab-completing the file name | by Scirocco | 2005-03-26 14:58:24 |
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That's a xp thing | by Freakazoid | 2005-03-26 15:03:06 |
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It exists in Win2k as on option that has to be set | by hadji | 2005-03-26 15:03:53 |
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Ok, I got rid of one of them. | by hadji | 2005-03-26 15:14:18 |
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Ha! Got it! | by hadji | 2005-03-26 15:21:12 |
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Good:) (n/t) | by chipmunk2 | 2005-03-26 15:23:55 |
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Did you try the single character wildcard ? | by romandas | 2005-03-26 18:03:56 |
