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I want to delete a file named workspaces\google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip
Yep, it contains a backslash in the name.
Here it is:
G:\>dir Z_DRIVE
Volume in drive G is samsung
Volume Serial Number is 48B9-7E1D
Directory of G:\Z_DRIVE
04/06/2012 08:09 PM <DIR> .
04/06/2012 08:09 PM <DIR> ..
05/01/2011 02:21 PM 528,016 workspaces\google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip
1 File(s) 528,016 bytes
2 Dir(s) 88,400,478,208 bytes free
The first attempt is to just delete it from the Windows Explorer, but it says it can't find the file.
Then, I tried from the command line:
G:\>del Z_DRIVE\workspaces\google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip
The system cannot find the file specified.
And, after researching a bit in the internets, I also tried the following, with no luck:
G:\>del \\?\G:\Z_DRIVE\workspaces\google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip
The system cannot find the file specified.
Other than booting from some Linux CD, is there a way to get rid of this file?
Update on 6 April 2012: also tried the following combinations, but the error is the same:
G:\>del "\\?\G:\Z_DRIVE\workspaces\google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip"
G:\Z_DRIVE>del workspaces\google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip
G:\Z_DRIVE>del "workspaces\google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip"
G:\Z_DRIVE>del workspaces*google-gson-1.7.1-release.zip
Update on 7 April 2012: Before I go ahead and try from Linux, here's an screenshot that shows some of the attempts based on the answers here. I'm not sure this will be easy to reproduce, and removing the friggin' file from Linux or using Cygwin feels like cheating :)