Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 08/29/06 00:13

On 2006-08-28, dorayme wrote:
> In article
><leo-DAECF7.19153827082006@sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
> Leonard Blaisdell <leo@greatbasin.com> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <doraymeRidThis-305D82.10531628082006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>,
>> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> > Tried this just now, Leo. It results in two files with exactly
>> > the same name appearing on the server - rather than one replacing
>> > the other. The one just uploaded is easily able to be deleted,
>> > the other one remains as stubbornly there (or half there!) as
>> > ever.
>>
>> What type of server are you having the problem with? If it's Apache on
>> *nix,
>
> It's a Unix server... I don't know more just now.

Have you tried using a wild card?

rm /website/gallery/brainGym/Icon*

Can you telnet or ssh to the server?


For future reference:
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_06>

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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)

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