Hmmm. You could try getting the inode number via ls -i Then find . -xdev -inum -exec rm -f {} \; D On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, der.hans wrote: > Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 11:57:04 -0700 (MST) > From: "der.hans" > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > To: quatsch > Subject: removing devs > > moin, moin, > > is there a magic incantation to remove device files? > > "rm -f" doesn't work and MAKEDEV doesn't recognize the dev files I'm > trying to get rid of. I'm not even sure they're supposed to be dev files. > > c--xr--r-x 1 25939 26226 97, 101 Apr 3 1987 Databases > b--srwS--- 1 31087 29728 108, 103 Dec 3 2023 Editors > > I've worked around it by moving the parent dir out of the way... > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # +++++++++++=================================+++++++++++ # > # der.hans@LuftHans.com www.excelco.com # > # http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/ # > # I'm not anti-social, I'm pro-individual. - der.hans # > # ===========+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========== # > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >