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From: kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Removing bad file/dir's ??
Date: 15 May 1996 22:00:34 GMT
Organization: Applied Physics Laboratory
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Message-ID: <4ndk62$82q@nntp5.u.washington.edu>
References: <319A32B5.6DB@mainelink.net>
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Gary Chrysler <tcg@mainelink.net> wrote in article <319A32B5.6DB@mainelink.net> :
>
>Is there a way to rid my tree of this oooPs??
>
>/usr/src/
>brwsrwsr-t 1 root bin 0, 0 May 15 13:24 ?????\?>??-???
rm -rf *-*
This will remove anything that contains a "-" in its name including
directories.
DO NOT DO "rm -rf *". This will remove everything in the current
directory.
>
>I belive it was a tar -x goof.. :(
>
>If I was in dos I would use a sector editor.. Is there anything like
>this for Unix??
>Any ol'way to remove this oooPs would make me happy!
>Without re-installing.. Im gonna smoke my CD-drive if I install again.. :)
>
>Thanks
>
>Gary
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