Try deleting them with the 8.3 names. If that doesn't work, try
downloading some win32 versions of Unix utilities.

I had a similar problem where I could delete files on a workstation but not
copy them. I was able to copy them using Posix symlinks.

-Mike

At 05:48 PM 11/8/2001 -0800, Drew E. Gilkey wrote:
>Went on vacation for a week, come back to see that my email server is
>reporting that its comepletely full. Look a little deeper into it and I
>see that people have uploaded tons of MP3's, Warez, etc.. Wondering how
>they got in I start to do a virus scan and bam... Nimda was found...
>Unfortunately now I have tons of files on my system that cannot
>seemingly be removed... 2000 thinks they dont exist, yet they do and
>they are taking up disk space.. I have managed to get one of the
>directories removed but the other ones contained tons of locked files,
>weird directory structures that make the system think that the files nor
>directory dont exist, plus permission problems... Anyone got a tool that
>will allow me to just delete the directory and all the subdirectories
>this stuff is in? Or any advice.. I have tried using the ASCII
>characters, etc.. but I just cant seem to get them to delete.. I can
>access the folders via FTP, but when i try to delete them the OS cannot,
>not can I download anything in the folder.
>
>--Drew Gilkey
>Dgilkeylibenn.com

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