On 11/15/2006 10:10 AM, J.A. de Vries wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with a file which seems to not exist, but that makes > applications like rsync, offlineimap and tar crash, because they try to read > it > anyway (not their fault as far as I can tell). >
> However when I try to find that file in the cur directory something weird > happens: > > #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # cd ~/Maildir/.Applications.\[vim\]/cur > # ls 1141914051.* > ls: 1141914051.M484859P8695V0000000000000309Ip0007553_0.draupnir,S=3707:2,S: > No such file or directory > #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To be honest I don't know what to do next. I really want to backup my mail, > but cannot because of this problem. To solve the problem I need to remove the > file, but when I do try such I get told it isn't there. Any suggestions? > > Your help would be very much appreciated. > > Sincerely, > > HdV > > How about: # rm -f 1141914051.* No promises... but something like that worked once for me in a similar mysterious situation. Good luck, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]