Compiler produces "Error: javac: invalid flag"

I tracked this down but it may be indicative of a larger problem.

I had some kind of CVS glitch and I ended up with files with the pattern of  ".#EspecialHandling.java".

Something added ".#" in front of a number of files in my project.

The problems were:

1) If I tried deleting these files through IntelliJ safe delete complained that these files were in use, they were not, the original .java files were.

2) If I tried to run a compile then I would get a compiler error indicating the parent folder as an invalid flag.

The solution was remove the files through Windows explorer but it took a while to track this down as I had not explicitely created these files.

Thanks,

Martin