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Posted by dorayme on 08/28/06 10:37
In article <2txIg.19160$rP1.772@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
>
> > <h1>Index of /website/gallery/brainGym</h1>
> > <ul><li><a href="/website/gallery/"> Parent Directory</a></li>
> > <li><a href="Icon%0d"> Icon
> > </a></li>
> >
> > Golly, what is that after the name? A space of some sort!?
>
> That is a carriage return.
>
> You cannot of course remove that file using command line FTP as the
> "carriage return" you type in does not become part of the file name but
> rather indicates to the FTP client to process the message (or, rather,
> indicates to the OS to pass this command line to the client).
>
> Try a wildcard (if the FTP server supports it). Rename icon* to iconx (for
> example) and then delete iconx
>
You might have missed (or did I forget to say?) I can't rename it
on the server... when I try, error message comes saying there is
no such file. If I am showing great ignorance, I am showing it.
Why should I hide from earthly friends?
> You could also point your windows explorer (not IE) to the FTP server and
> delete it that way.
>
I use Mac, it is not so troublesome for now that I would try with
my creaky old Win 98 PC to go online...
> This is not a ghost file, it actually is there but just with a name you
> cannot type in. I get this all the time when I am testing stuff in Arabic
> and Chinese etc. Can't remember at all what the series of keystrokes were to
> obtain a file name.
I am sure you are right, most ghosts have a simple boring earthly
explanation... :-)
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dorayme
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