How to delete a file using inode numbers?
William Lai
se208104 at seas.gwu.edu
Thu Mar 22 01:16:50 AEST 1990
I accidentally created a file using fopen(), using a uninitalized buffer
as the filename string. What I got on hand is a file with a non-ascii name.
When I try to do rm(1): "rm *", the diagnostic is
"rm: <a bunch of garbage>: No such file or directory."
However, when I ls(1), it clearly indicated a zero-lengthed file with a weird
name exists, and even gives an inode number.
My question is this: Can I delete the file using the inode number? Or maybe
there's a better way?
Thanks in advance,
William
Please email answers to me and I will summarize and post to this group.
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