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RE: HUGE filesystem PROBLEM (too big to be true)


[snip]
> I go into that directory
> and check: it contains a file called 'con.c'. It was put there via
> untarring a unix distribution. Now, looking at con.c with ls -l
> gives
>
> crw-r--r--   0 0        Everyone   0,   0 Jan  1  1970 con.c
>
[snip]

Try:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q120/7/16.asp

basically, to delete eg. c:\dir\con.c , use 'del \\.\c:\dir\con.c' -
never tried it, but you never know, it might even work :)

cheers,

Rob

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