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   Todd Vargo to Jean-Pierre Coulon   
   Re: Can I delete a file with an empty na   
   01 Oct 17 18:14:56   
   
   From: tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz   
      
   On 9/1/2017 9:17 AM, Jean-Pierre Coulon wrote:   
   > On Fri, 1 Sep 2017, Ammammata wrote:   
   >   
   >> just one question: the OP empty filename file has an extension?   
   >   
   > No. If I type dir a:>mydira.txt I see e.g.   
   >   
   > 30/08/2017  16:55             6 993 bigpompa.for   
   > 31/08/2017  14:57            58 246 sansrf.txt   
   > 14/05/2044  15:11            14 400   
      
   If you can move the other files to another folder you can try to rename   
   the no name file.   
      
   md temp   
   move bigpompa.for temp\   
   move sansrf.txt temp\   
   ren *.* foo.bar   
   del foo.bar   
      
   move temp\*.*   
   rd temp   
      
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