npm cache clean not cleaning anything - version 1.3.11

[ryanjarvis]

npm version 1.3.11, running on OSX

My cache directory is ~/.npm
There is a file at ~/.npm/-/all/.cache.json

When I run "npm cache clean" the file does not delete which is what I would expect. Anything that relies on cache (such as searching and installing still references this file)

[luk-]

What's the output of ls -lRa ~/.npm

[ryanjarvis]

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 ryan staff 102 Oct 21 11:35 -
drwxr-xr-x 3 ryan staff 102 Oct 21 17:51 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 27 ryan staff 918 Oct 23 21:23 ..

/Users/ryan/.npm/-:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 ryan staff 102 Oct 21 11:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 ryan staff 102 Oct 21 17:51 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 ryan staff 102 Oct 21 11:37 all

/Users/ryan/.npm/-/all:
total 38840
drwxr-xr-x 3 ryan staff 102 Oct 21 11:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 ryan staff 102 Oct 21 11:35 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ryan staff 19882159 Oct 23 21:20 .cache.json

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