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i two files on my server entitled “Davey Boy’s B’Day 001.jpg” and 002, but no matter what i try i cannot delete them – instead i am given a ‘550 Prohibited file name.’ i can’t even rename them; i get the same response. any suggestions?

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@the_treeSep 22.2005 — This might mean that they are not actually there but the registry is out of date, I have no idea what to do about that and to be honest I'm not even sure what I'm talking about, just an idea.
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@Stephen_PhilbinSep 22.2005 — What sort of server are they on and what method are you using to delete them?

try deleting

"Davey%20Boy%27s%20B%27Day%20001.jpg"

or

"Davey Boy's B'Day 001.jpg"

rather than "Davey Boy's B'Day 001.jpg"
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@rhsundergroundauthorSep 22.2005 — i am simply trying to use ftp (filezilla, more exactly). what is the command to manually delete?
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@Stephen_PhilbinSep 22.2005 — For Unix/Linux it's simply rm *absolute or relative path to file* and you're done.

(Without the asterisks that is)
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@ray326Sep 23.2005 — Try [B]rm Davey*jpg[/B]. The problem is the embedded apostrophes and spaces so you skip over them with the wildcard.
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