11-09-2004
It could have been some kind of non-printing character. I just created (under HP-UX 10.20), a "blank" filename using
touch ^H
With ls -l we get
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kw627 tech_srvs 0 Nov 9 16:40
If we do an ls -lb we see
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kw627 tech_srvs 0 Nov 9 16:40 \010
I used find to remove this too....
EDIT: An easier way to remove is to prefix the filename by the path, e.g. rm ./^H or mv ./^H junk - I'll also say I've had varying success deleting files with strange names (\014 is particularly hard to remove!), by FTPing in from a Windows machine (which doesn't interpret a lot of the escapes) and deleting the file (in this case DEL ^L does the job).
Cheers
ZB
Last edited by zazzybob; 11-09-2004 at 12:47 PM..
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
chkprintcap
CHKPRINTCAP(8) BSD System Manager's Manual CHKPRINTCAP(8)
NAME
chkprintcap -- check validity of entries in the print spooler database
SYNOPSIS
chkprintcap [-d] [-f printcap]
DESCRIPTION
The chkprintcap utility scans a printcap(5) database (named by the printcap argument, or by default /etc/printcap), looking for entries which
are invalid in one way or another. The following checks are currently implemented:
1. 'tc=' references were properly expanded
2. 'tc=' references did not form a loop
3. No two printers share the same spool directory ('sd=' capability).
The chkprintcap utility exits with a status equal to the number of errors encountered before processing stopped. (In some cases, processing
can stop before the entire file is scanned.)
If the -d flag is given, chkprintcap will attempt to create any missing spool directories, giving them 'u=rwx,go=rx' (0755) mode, group
'daemon', and the owner specified by the 'du=' capability in the database (default 1, which corresponds to user 'daemon').
SEE ALSO
lpr(1), printcap(5), lpd(8)
AUTHORS
The chkprintcap utility was written by Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>.
BUGS
Not enough sanity-checking is done. At a minimum, the ownership and mode of the spool directories should also be checked. Other parameters
whose value could cause lpd(8) to fail should be diagnosed.
BSD
November 30, 1997 BSD