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|    Jean-Pierre Coulon to pyotr filipivich    |
|    Re: Can I delete a file with an empty na    |
|    05 Sep 17 16:57:54    |
      From: coulon@cacas.pam.obs-nice.fr              On Sat, 2 Sep 2017, pyotr filipivich wrote:              >> 1: the DOS way, with del a:" " or similar. del a:* omits my no-name file.       >       > And del star dot star (DEL *.*) nukes everything.              Except the no-name file! The system complains as if I wanted to delete the       whole floppy.              > del ANDROM~1.JPG       > in order to get rid of "Andromeda Constellation Stars.jpg"              Sure, if there is a name!              --       Jean-Pierre Coulon              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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