ntfs problem, no such file or directory.

[Dj YB]

On Friday May 7 2010 16:54:01 Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 05/07/2010 05:20 AM, Dj YB wrote:
> > hello,
> > 
> > I have managed somehow to create a file I can't delete now.
> > probably a failed copy\download long ago.
> > 
> > the output shows like that:
> > 
> > [root at localhost 5]# ll
> > total 1
> > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-05-07 12:07 24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi
> > [root at localhost 5]# rm 24\ Season\ 5\ Episode\ 03.avi
> > rm: remove regular file `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi'? y
> > rm: cannot remove `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi': No such file or directory
> > 
> > any advices how to fix this problem are welcome.
> 
> it is possible that the file may contain a hidden character or special
> character that renders what appears to be a space. . While I have not
> encountered this on an NTFS mounted file system, one way might be is to
> run emacs as root, and use dired to list, then delete the directory. Or
> possibly the Gnome or KDE file manager.
> 
> Another possible way in the command line is to key on a pattern:
> 'rm *Episode*.avi' or possibly 'rm *24*.avi'


[root at localhost 5]# rm *.*
rm: remove regular file `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi'? y
rm: cannot remove `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi': No such file or directory