an rm question -- how to rm a file -b

Andy Valencia vandys at hpindda.HP.COM
Wed Apr 20 06:28:59 AEST 1988


	If you get really desperate, cd to the dir it's in and do:

% ls -i

	to get the inode number.  Then do:
% find . -inum <num> -exec rm {} \;

	Where <num> is the inode number for the file, which
is what ls told you.

	Some find's will honor:
% find . -inum <num> -unlink

				Have fun,
				Andy Valencia
				vandys%hpindda.UUCP at hplabs.hp.com



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