Problem with folders with special chars in names \ and /

[Mariolodz]

Total Commander allows to create a folder named with a special chars like '/' and '\'. Those folders could not be delated. I thing that's it is a mistake. TC shouldn't allows me to create those folder.
How can I delete them?

Mario

[TLis]

Are you sure about it? When I create a folder named 'a/b' I get two folders created in this single command. The first one is 'a', which has a subfolder named 'b'. The same happens for 'a\b'

TLis

[Clo]

2TLis
Hello !

- You are right, I just tested with the same result here under Win 98 SE.
- To create a dir "U:\1Test/A" leads to get "U:\1Test\A"

Mariolodz
- Please, could you give us examples for names which causes the issue @ your's ?

 Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[sqa_wizard]

How can I delete them?

Try to switch the file display to 8.3 short names.
(you may create a button with cm_SwitchLongNames command)

This should allow you to delete them.

[Sheepdog]

- To create a dir "U:\1Test/A" leads to get "U:\1Test\A"

You could eve create a dir above your curent dir:

you are in C:\test\

and create a folder "..\test2\sub1\sub2"
and will get this

c:\test\
c:\test2\sub1\sub2

and create multiple folder

"..\test2\sub1|..\test3\sub2"

and will get this

c:\test\
c:\test2\sub1\
c:\test3\sub2

sheepdog

[Mariolodz]

Try this:
F7 and 'a / \ '
without ' (a space space slash space backslash)

[Mariolodz]

How can I delete them?

Try to switch the file display to 8.3 short names.
(you may create a button with cm_SwitchLongNames command)

This should allow you to delete them.

Unfortunately it doesn't work
I tried to delete this strange folder from DOS (boot from disk with "Windows Me") but I can't delete it either.

Mario

[Sheepdog]

I tried to create a folder with "a / " and ther are created two folders:
one "a" and one "a ".
And that is apparently the touble as Windows cuts the concluding space.

Unfortunately it doesn't work
I tried to delete this strange folder from DOS (boot from disk with "Windows Me") but I can't delete it either.

Mario

This should work. After pressing the "cm_SwitchLongNames" button the folder should be displayed as "anyth~" and this folder you can delete from within TC. This had worked at me for many different occasions with Unicode-names ans names in chinese or japanese.

And it worked for the described "a " folder as well (although it can't be deleted with it's long name).

sheepdogt

[Mariolodz]

This should work. After pressing the "cm_SwitchLongNames" button the folder should be displayed as "anyth~" and this folder you can delete from within TC. This had worked at me for many different occasions with Unicode-names ans names in chinese or japanese.

And it worked for the described "a " folder as well (although it can't be deleted with it's long name).

sheepdogt

I create another undeleted folder
at the side http://test.bv.pl/mario/download/blad.gif you can see free folders witch I can't delete.
The error box inform that "Can't elete the file: CAN'T READ FROM FILE OR FROM SOURCE DISK

So. I've got a problem ;(

[Sheepdog]

Do you use FAT32 or NTFS?

sheepdog

[Mariolodz]

FAT 32

[Mariolodz]

I can add you some more information:
1. long name view: http://test.bv.pl/mario/download/long-name.gif
2. Short name view http://test.bv.pl/mario/download/short-name.gif
3. I can copy the strange folder but then the name of the folder is changing by the program or system. The space after letter is removed
4. I can't see a properties of this folder
5. restart windows doesn't help

Mario

[Sheepdog]

Very strange.

With NTFS I would have guessed it could be an access-rights problem.

Just try in the dos box the following command from within e:\aa

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rd . /s /q 

but ATTENTION this will delete all folders and subfolders in the current dir.

But in your folder e:\aa this should be no problem. I got an error-message that 'the process cant access the file because it were in use by another process. But neverthless it deleted the folder and all its content.

sheepdog

[Sheepdog]

Or try from e:\

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rd aa /q /s 

what should remove e:\aa with all it's subfolders.

sheepdog

[Clas Hortien]

You might can delete it with

ren a* b
rd b /s

The rename function helped my in such cases from time to time.