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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers file deletion problem Post 97065 by shdwsclan on Wednesday 25th of January 2006 09:12:04 PM
Old 01-25-2006
file deletion problem
I am using unix via telnet ssh and i have a problem
I was testing the server.
I made a directory.
Transfered a file from an ftp to it.
Opened the file with the vi text editor

--This where my problem came.....
I tried deleting the file using
Code:
rm somefile.htm

when is typed
Code:
ls

i noticed that there is a copy of the file (if this is even a file)left in there and i am not able to delete it.
The file is prefixed and suffixed with a number sign.......like this
Code:
#somefile.html#

I am unable to delete it and am redirected to the help file for rm
When I typed
Code:
rm #somefile.html#

I got an error message
Code:
rm: Too few arguments
Try 'rm --help' for more information.

I tried deleting the directory and it said that it was not empty.....
Does anyone know what this is and how to delete this file????
 

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REPORTER-UPLOAD(1)						 LIBREPORT MANUAL						REPORTER-UPLOAD(1)

NAME

       reporter-upload - Uploads compressed tarball of problem directory.

SYNOPSIS

       reporter-upload [-c CONFFILE]... [-d DIR] [-u URL]

DESCRIPTION

       The tool is used to create a compressed tarball of the problem directory and upload it to a URL. Supported protocols include FTP, FTPS,
       HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP and FILE.

   Configuration file
       Configuration file contains entries in a format "Option = Value".

       The options are:

       URL
	   The URL where tarball should be uploaded.

   Integration with ABRT events
       reporter-upload can be used as a reporter, to allow users to upload compressed tarballs of problem directories to a configured URL. This
       usage can be configured in /etc/libreport/report_event.conf:

	   EVENT=report_Upload reporter-upload

       It can be also used on the post-create event to upload it automatically.

	   EVENT=post-create reporter-upload

OPTIONS

       -d DIR
	   Path to problem directory.

       -c CONFFILE
	   Path to configuration file. When used in ABRT event system, the file contains site-wide configuration. Users can change the values via
	   environment variables.

       -u URL
	   The URL where tarball should be uploaded. URL should have form protocol://[user[:pass]@]host/dir/[file.tar.gz] where protocol can be
	   http(s), ftp, scp, or file. File protocol can't have user and host parts: file.tar.gz[1]. If URL ends with a slash, the archive name
	   will be generated and appended to URL; otherwise, URL will be used as full file name.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Environment variables take precedence over values provided in the configuration file.

       Upload_URL
	   The URL where should be the tarball uploaded.

AUTHORS

       o   ABRT team

NOTES

	1. file.tar.gz
	   file:///dir/

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