[THIN] Re: OT corrupted directoryfiles Win2k
- From: "Craig Harris" <charris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:55:46 -0700
Hi Nick,
One trick I recall to delete "weird" files is to go to a command prompt and
then use wildcards creatively to delete the files. For example, let's say
you have the following file (I'm completely making this up):
normal%normal^.doc
(where % and ^ are the weird "Motley Crue" characters you're seeing)
To remove the file (which the OS can't properly deal with because it
contains illegal characters), go to a command prompt and type:
delete normal?normal?.doc
(i.e. whererever there is a strange character, replace it with a ?, which is
a dos wildcard meaning match *any* character - in this case it will even
match illegal ones)
I'm not sure if this works with directories....
Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Nick Crisp
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:13 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT corrupted directoryfiles Win2k
I think you may be onto something here John
It seems that the files/directories have strange characters in their
names, (like a y with two dots over it)
At least that's how they look via the GUI client
Whereas using ftp.exe I get blanks instead of funny characters
Trouble is I still can't delete them, I get messages like "the system
cannot find the file specifed"
Nick Crisp
Network Manager
www.pinnaclesoftware.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rowlandson, John
Sent: Monday, 11 November 2002 4:28 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT corrupted directoryfiles Win2k
Can you view/delete them using cmd line Ftp rather than GUI ?
I've seen times when cmd line ftp.exe will get where gui wont
john
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Crisp [mailto:ncrisp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 4:28 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT corrupted directoryfiles Win2k
Hi all
I have an issue that I can't seem to find any info on, and I was hoping
someone on the list might know how to fix this problem.
My ftp server keeps getting hit by people scanning for anonymous ftp
access, and they leave behind a bunch of space files and weird
directories that seem to corupt the structure. I have one such directroy
that I cannnot delete nor browse (windows Explorer just hangs)
Is there any app out there that can correct these problems, I really
don't want to rebuild this box
Oh yeah... I have disabled all anonymous access now
Thanks in advance
Nick
Nick Crisp
Network Manager
www.pinnaclesoftware.com.au
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