Re: A file I cannot do anything with

From: Eric (kl7aj_at_gci.net)
Date: 05/22/04

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    Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 10:17:34 -0800

    Hey! I tried the same thing, and lo and behold, I have now a file
    named "\" that I can't do anything with. Thanks a heap! LOL
       Well, obviously, \ is not a valid file name, so it must be a
    mysterious reserved function in unix. More investigation is called for!

    Eric

    Mark Taylor wrote:
    > This is not a permissions, attribute, or ownership problem. Simply, is was
    > editing a file in vi and went to save it. Somewhere in the process I hit
    > the backslash (\) key and ended up with a copy of the file with the name \
    >
    > Now, I cannot edit the file with vi, move it with mv, or remove it with rm.
    >
    > Any suggestions? I have tried enclosing in double quotes. No difference
    > than without them.
    >
    >
    >
    > Thanks
    > Mark

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