From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.133]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0509C3858400 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:49:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 0509C3858400 Received: from calimero.vinschen.de ([24.134.7.25]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue012 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MFsAJ-1mw7Rc1vgt-00HRr6 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:49:23 +0100 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id CA43DA80D3D; Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:49:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:49:22 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Could rm remove files and folders with colon in their name? Message-ID: Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:XfgEQlTdKzrWY2irM/68mzj/B1uLMikD2aaWysO1k1UAGpXqWVH DVR1BzKoc2ZZvF93iTDu/zqseq0Gz3chj6ZkK/Ds5r6v07Cyclq9/sJh4dUcTgC7MgoZcfI j85mUE/9B9qU7e5RRzVAH7IsoXTbs5UtzI3MTE435h4sWvHXYDtw7yImWAS4Lkp7hpwGD34 ZLOkGpweVT2ESik3axU3Q== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:X2+9yr6TmYQ=:h08zk85ND91a/9s3m0/f4M l4eJwnxvfUkH8vYb6R2+yVOiZ0EJMB+nyx8Ew/w11a16rJGJ9ARifocCoCPPRCxgjxl863wqx 1xQHNNWNfNs9eM64QnalzTSy2DSou1zMlzv05jtCdGWDj6Tlik2d346V8UXzfsUfHKqedi9qf OGXEKTtMSdNyJJBhx3UBtcGEO3DthEz7eGt2jo+cIUlPucCBmWXGol+A9C0+m7FgCVQx1ncIb cCcjj9g9GMXQf0ZI9Kx6cr3ee/2oLsSvKm8/9Bw+rCWR25mx1w8VAsFuPzVMYG/iUPslJaDKg BpcU3ufakbKrEdlVEtyYoACNiXKAeRbUhi9/oSOZkHGahAg3alE6ysWQDpG0YdO5wgNyOrKHB HJbY2ZderkIhwkyReWeJE1CTdEdcZpjvp7oRfrIrzfTkCFpSOUn9zIGV5Q9yPLOMMcVtjMOKO AVZ1asidfSPodq4UYlJoeAA7l3zDp/9sb77aik/Wa+sm+PoJfMuHGa2K0jq1TfwwWsouDgr5E jvqDRD07I7GqMsypJhbYlwimhDIXbCVlag0e7Iq5FcNOJghrkNSdBdxaLuZhoiSKRzQrbGtV1 +/ZyKCwu+AAMtqPLQEAlUCnk39T3IaiyDXkhLLDASqTm3hTrkhBYCeg0+BF7HSNik5AoPZxI/ P7Q87CVOEgv7/CfkKiuiIs9mcInhOP+pXRb//iWQ/XQSOM1leKMgu/PsYZGUZzsJtHUTMYq5H ouPK9UTF6u6vSriw X-Spam-Status: No, score=-99.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:49:26 -0000 On Nov 10 10:45, Mario Emmenlauer wrote: > > Dear All, > > I've searched if this topic has come up before but could not find it. > > Could 'rm' support removing files and folders that have a colon ':' in > their name? I.e. I would like that 'rm -fr' would remove a full directory > tree, including such folders. Currently it will correctly remove anything > inside such folders, but not the folder itself. > > As an example, for the following structure: > C:/root/folder/C:/inside/file.txt > > When using 'rm -fr root', afterwards I have: > C:/root/folder/C: It works fine if the folder is called, say, "a:b", it just doesn't work for a name which looks like a drive letter "x:", apparently. Funny. I'm busy with non-Cygwin stuff ATM, but I'll look into it later. Thanks for the report. Corinna