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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Undeletable file Post 303036990 by MadeInGermany on Friday 19th of July 2019 03:18:25 PM

07-19-2019

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IMHO a glob match returns even unprintable characters.
So the last proposal does not improve anything.

And the clri command (didn't know it yet), will cause extra harm.
It is useless to clear the inode of the file, because an inode contains the data block structure and all meta information BUT THE FILENAME.
The filename and the pointer to the inode is stored in the directory.
The directory is another inode. To have an effect you must clear the directory inode.
I expect less damage with

Code:

unlink <directory>

if supported by the OS. If successful, you need a full file system check, in order to collect the dangling file inode and its data blocks.
I successfully did that a couple of times on a non-journaling UFS in single-user mode (no desktop, no other processes running).

I would go for a disk editor. Find the offending name, compare the shown bytes with the characters from the ls command, change one byte, save, compare again, ...

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cpanplus::shell::default::plugins::customsource

CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource(3)	User Contributed Perl Documentation	CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource(3)

NAME

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource - add custom sources to CPANPLUS

SYNOPSIS

	   ### elaborate help text
	   CPAN Terminal> /? cs

	   ### add a new custom source
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --add file:///path/to/releases

	   ### list all your custom sources by
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --list

	   ### display the contents of a custom source by URI or ID
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --contents file:///path/to/releases
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --contents 1

	   ### Update a custom source by URI or ID
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --update file:///path/to/releases
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --update 1

	   ### Remove a custom source by URI or ID
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --remove file:///path/to/releases
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --remove 1

	   ### Write an index file for a custom source, to share
	   ### with 3rd parties or remote users
	   CPAN Terminal> /cs --write file:///path/to/releases

	   ### Make sure to save your sources when adding/removing
	   ### sources, so your changes are reflected in the cache:
	   CPAN Terminal> x

DESCRIPTION

       This is a "CPANPLUS::Shell::Default" plugin that can add custom sources to your CPANPLUS installation. This is a wrapper around the "custom
       module sources" code as outlined in "CUSTOM MODULE SOURCES" in CPANPLUS::Backend.

       This allows you to extend your index of available modules beyond what's available on "CPAN" with your own local distributions, or ones
       offered by third parties.

perl v5.16.3							    2013-05-20			CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource(3)