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| I have AIX 4.3.3 and users access with ftp client. Mu users created some directories with russian name. Some directories now I can't delete and receive massage: 550: No such file or directory. What can I do? Michael S. Androsov EXPOCENTR e-mail: androsov@expocentr.ru |
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| Michael S. Androsov wrote: > I have AIX 4.3.3 and users access with ftp client. > Mu users created some directories with russian name. Some directories > now I can't delete and receive massage: > 550: No such file or directory. > > What can I do? > > Michael S. Androsov > EXPOCENTR > e-mail: androsov@expocentr.ru Try "find ./<searchpath> -name 'russian name' -exec rm -rf {} \;" Perhaps the name expression with some wildcards. man rm. If this way does not delete your files/dirs you can delete by inode number with unlink as a last resort. Not recommended. --- Uli |
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| androsov@expocentr.ru (Michael S. Androsov) wrote in message news:<f99f3e13.0311102254.6130cd43@posting.google. com>... > I have AIX 4.3.3 and users access with ftp client. > Mu users created some directories with russian name. Some directories > now I can't delete and receive massage: > 550: No such file or directory. > > What can I do? > > Michael S. Androsov > EXPOCENTR > e-mail: androsov@expocentr.ru What are the file names ? Have you tried using the "\" character to ignore the meaning of special characters, such as ".", "/" etc? Steve |
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| >androsov@expocentr.ru (Michael S. Androsov) wrote in message news:<f99f3e13.0311102254.6130cd43@posting.google. com>... >> Mu users created some directories with russian name. Some directories >> now I can't delete and receive massage: >> 550: No such file or directory. >> What can I do? ls -i find . -inum {whatever} -exec rm -r {} \; Be careful where you point "rm -r" <g> -Mike |
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| androsov@expocentr.ru (Michael S. Androsov) wrote in message news:<f99f3e13.0311102254.6130cd43@posting.google. com>... > I have AIX 4.3.3 and users access with ftp client. > Mu users created some directories with russian name. Some directories > now I can't delete and receive massage: > 550: No such file or directory. > > What can I do? > > Michael S. Androsov > EXPOCENTR > e-mail: androsov@expocentr.ru for which codepage are these russian names ? Possible you lost some characters in different russian codepages. AIX use ISO8859P5. Try use same client and rmdir "russianed" directories from it. |