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tcsh doing strange stuff when rm'ing a folder
So I do
And I wind up with all the files in the folder I just deleted in my current folder but with zero length like this...
I have never seen anything like it... any ideas?
rm -rf foldername
And I wind up with all the files in the folder I just deleted in my current folder but with zero length like this...
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tle cati 0 Apr 6 17:54 srep0304
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tle cati 0 Apr 6 17:54 srep0306
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tle cati 0 Apr 6 17:54 srep0307
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tle cati 0 Apr 6 17:54 srep0309
-rw-rw-rw- 1 tle cati 0 Apr 6 17:54 suspdatal655s.xls
I have never seen anything like it... any ideas?
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thanks - it was an alias issue.... i forgot our rm commands are aliased to some provided by a software provider who's software is primarily what we run on our server. It is a bug with their command.
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