>
>
> BUT, how do I get rid of this file called "."  ?
> Tried  PURGE .   PURGE ./.    shell>rm   '.'     rm .
> Nothing seems to work.
> This also affects the shell listing of this MPE group.  eg:
>
> shell/iX>pwd
> /R/SOURCE
> shell/iX> ls -al
> -rw-------   1 SOURCE.R          R            260 May 31 17:08 .
>
> No other files get listed.
>
> I can't view it with cat but can open and view  it with a MPE hexdump viewer
> written in 'c' using fopen().
>
> Possible solutions:
>  - Write a c program and use remove().
>  - write a program and use FOPEN and FCLOSE(4).
> These may be dangerous.
>
> Input would be appreciated.
>
 
I am not sure how compatible the MPE/iX commands are compared to 'real unix
commands'. As '.' means the current direcotry, quoting (with single or double
quotes) probably is out of the question. You could try rm -i, which executes
rm in the 'interactive mode' and thus prompting for each file to be removed.
 
 
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