How to Remove Folders With Tilde in Windows

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:31:26 -0700

If you have folder names in Windows that start with a tilde (~), they cannot be easily copied or deleted or moved. Here’s the trick to remedy the issue.

Run this:

Rsync Fails When Copying Files With Tilde: rsync: [sender] fstat failed: No such file or directory

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:58:08 -0800

Rsync Error:

send_files(71922, /source/TQR6~B)
rsync: [sender] fstat failed: No such file or directory (2)

Trying to rsync between two different machines, I found rsync fails when it finds files that have ~ (tilde) in their filenames. I initially thought this was an issue specific to copying from a Samba Share to FreeBSD zpool. I couldn’t solve the issue entirely but figured escaping the awful tilde was a way to finish copying without rsync crashing. Here’s the command:

Tilde on SANJAY REGMI

How to Remove Folders With Tilde in Windows

Rsync Fails When Copying Files With Tilde: rsync: [sender] fstat failed: No such file or directory