From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 16 22:50:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA21808 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:50:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA21797 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:50:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA11240; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:50:02 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980717154959.16761@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:49:59 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: +filenames Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What's the deal with filenames that start with "+" like the ones found inside packages? I can read them with cat or more, but not less. I can edit them with ed but not with vi or joe or ee. mv and cp work fine, and they look ordinary with ls. 'date' shows that it's not the first of the month, nor is it April. What gives? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message