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   Kerr-Mudd,John to Jean-Pierre Coulon   
   Re: Can I delete a file with an empty na   
   30 Aug 17 20:01:24   
   
   From: notsaying@invalid.org   
      
   Jean-Pierre Coulon  wrote in   
   news:alpine.WNT.2.10.1708300207090.832@BecaneCoulon:   
      
   > On Tue, 29 Aug 2017, pyotr filipivich wrote:   
   >   
   >>      What have you tried already?   
   >   
   > 1: the DOS way, with del a:" " or similar. del a:* omits my no-name   
   file.   
   >   
   > 2: the modern way, opening the floppy icon and trying right click on   
   the   
   > empty file, delete.   
   >   
   >>      Sometimes, you get better results opening a command prompt and   
   >> working from DOS.   
   >   
   > This is why I am here. I always have a command prompt window open.   
   >   
   > Jean-Pierre Coulon   
   >   
      
   I did find a way once. I probably used norton's "nu" to nuke the   
   directory entry.   
   Or maybe copy files off, format disk, recopy.   
      
   I also had trouble with files named "con" "prn" and such reserved names.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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