Removing file with strange characters in filename in OS X
- by SiggyF
After a memory error in my program, I am stuck with a file with a strange filename. It's proving quite resistant to all normal methods to remove files with strange names.
The filename is:
%8BUȅ҉%95d%F8%FF%FF\x0f%8E%8F%FD%FF%FF%8B%B5T%F8%FF%FF%8B%85\%F8%FF%FF\x03%85x%F8%FF%FF%8B%95D%F8%FF%FF%8B%BD%9C%F8%FF%FF%8D\x04%86%8B%B5@%F8%FF%FF%89%85%90%F8%FF%FF%8B%85X%F8%FF%FF\x03%85%9C%F8%FF%FF%C1%E7\x02%8B%8Dx
I tried the following:
rm * - "No such file or directory"
rm -- filename - "No such file or directory"
rm "filename" - "No such file or directory"
ls -i to get the inode number - "No such file or directory"
stat filename - "No such file or directory"
zip the directory where the file is in - error occured while adding "" to the archive.
delete directory in finder - error -43
in python: os.unlink(os.listdir(u'.')[0]) - OSError No such file or directory
find . -type f -exec rm {} \; - "No such file or directory"
checked for locks on the file with lsof - no locks
All these attempts result in a file (long filename here) not found error, or error -43. Even the ls -i.
I couldn't find anymore options, so before reformatting or repairing my filesystem (fsck might help) I thought maybe there is something I missed.
I wrote this small c program to get the inode:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int main(void)
{
DIR *dp;
struct dirent *ep;
dp = opendir ("./");
if (dp != NULL)
{
while (ep = readdir (dp)) {
printf("d_ino=%ld, ", (unsigned long) ep->d_ino);
printf("d_name=%s.\n", ep->d_name);
}
(void) closedir (dp);
}
else
perror ("Couldn't open the directory");
return 0;
}
That works. I now have the inode, but the normal find -inum inode -exec rm '{}' \; doesn't work. I think I have to use the clri now.
