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Cannot delete file..

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:13 pm
by mikegotnaild
Ok I have 2 files that i cannot delete from my web server (Prohibited file name: Beowulf - Breakin'' Me Down2.mp3 and i believe this is because when they were uploaded it added a \ to the file name because there was a ' in the original file name. So how do i delete these files?

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:15 pm
by ol4pr0
Do you have root axx on that server ?

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:15 pm
by markl999
What does your code look like that does the delete?
It might just be a simple case of quiting the filename, eg "$filename" instead of $filename

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:17 pm
by mikegotnaild
Oh no i mean i cannot delete this file simply from my ftp program.

That error shows up in smartftp when i try to delete those files that have the added slashes \

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:27 pm
by feyd
tried using a command line ftp client and the multi-delete command? you usually can specify wildcards with those, it may work.