colon got in file name -> can't delete!

Dario Alcocer alcocer@helixdigital.com
Sun May 13 08:44:00 GMT 2001


>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Petchonov <c00lt4lk@yahoo.com> writes:

    Andrew> Hello , Description of the problem: A file with colon in
    Andrew> the name was created successfully from cygwin, I can't
    Andrew> delete it neither from cygwin nor from NT.  If you know
    Andrew> how to delete it please drop me a line.

I'm not sure if this would work, but maybe you could try:

    $ rm .cachedmetrics.?0.0

This way, you don't reference the problematic colon directly.

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Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
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