Didn't work :( Hi Jason, Easiest way to remove is to go something like 'rm -rf "*Falling Cycle*"' - the question marks you see are characters that can't be displayed in the current character set, but the globbing in the above will match them anyway. Regards, Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <BiptoN@charter.net> To: <ext3-users@redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:25 AM Subject: Locked Dirs > Hey there I recently downloaded a folder off an ftp that had [hxc] as the > bwginning name of thr dir, now it says it's locked when I try to delete it in > KDE. when I try to rm -f in a console it says it doesn't exist, I can't move > it, delete it , or change anything about it. When I output a ls -la to a txt > it says this about it "drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 2 > 10:18 [hXc] Falling Cycle - > 2002 - Conflict" and when I just pull a ls -la in the console it shows up > with "?[hxc]? blah blah blah" the question marks, I don't get it. Could > someone lemme know how dumb I am I would appreciate it, as long as you tell > me how to get rid of it to ;) Thanks everyone. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ext3-users@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users