[ale] "undeleteable" file

[Mike Panetta]

Use ls -b to see what the characters are and then delete the
files using octal notation '\0??'.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Preston Boyington <PBoyington at polyengineering.com>
Sent: Sep 1, 2004 10:22 AM
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (E-mail)" <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] "undeleteable" file

I have a file/folder on my usb drive that is corrupt.  In the file name there are squares/numbers/?/+ and other such junk.  I believe that when my friend was using the drive he unplugged it while a transfer was in progress or maybe his XP machine locked it up.

My problem is this: I can't delete the file from Windows or Linux.  I booted to a Knoppix disk that I had and it barfed when I tried to delete the file (gave me a similar error message as Windows, actually).  What is the best way to remove this file from the drive?  Worst case I will remove all my good information and format it (8GB), but was hoping for a better way in case this should happen again.

Thanks,
Preston
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