GNU bug report logs - #14951
Cannot rm file

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "ryan.fox <at> bell.ca" <ryan.fox <at> bell.ca>

Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: "ryan.fox <at> bell.ca" <ryan.fox <at> bell.ca>, 14951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14951: Cannot rm file
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:18:46 +0200

Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:

> On 07/25/2013 04:03 PM, ryan.fox <at> bell.ca wrote:
>> Cannot delete file:
>> 
>> # rm web.process.heartbeat
>> rm: cannot remove `web.process.heartbeat': No such file or directory
>> # rm -f web.process.heartbeat
>> # ll
>> ls: cannot access web.process.heartbeat: No such file or directory
>> total 0
>> ?????????? ? ? ? ?            ? web.process.heartbeat
>
> Notice the "? " at the start of the file name.
> Seems like you have a file with non standard characters in the name.

I don't think so, it's rather the unknown date.

Andreas.

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