How to delete a file that contains a backslash in the name under Windows 7?
- by espinchi
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: 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
