[Discussion] How to delete a nameless file?

[Dave Yeo]

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:44:54 -0500, bokeny at earthlink.net wrote:

>I know how to remove a difficult to delete file like "WP ROOT. SF", but
>I don't know how to delete a file that shows only a period "."  This
>file is the only one in a subdirectory that I also cannot delete for
>obvious reason.  I have XtreeGold, ZTreeBold, File Star, FM/2 and who
>knows what but none of them can delete the directory or the file (file
>size 1,848).  Is there any utility that can do the job?  
>
>The reason I need to do this because I am trying to copy thousands of
>files over 100+GB from one drive to another with XCOPY and about half
>way through XCOPY crashed when it reached this file.
>

I take it you tried del *  I guess this is a JFS volume, at worst you
could boot a live Linux CD and use that to delete the file .
Also have you tried deleting it from the WPS? Or dragging it (or the
parent folder) away, perhaps to a floppy and format the floppy
Dave