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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!   
      
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   Jean-Pierre Coulon   
      
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