Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 22:56:02 +0100 From: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> To: Jim McIver <jmciver@lmtribune.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: directory Message-ID: <20010216225602.A1759@junior.kasby> In-Reply-To: <3A8D2F2C.26790.23AAADDE@localhost>; from jmciver@lmtribune.com on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:46:17PM %2B0000 References: <3A8D2F2C.26790.23AAADDE@localhost>
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--4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:46:17PM +0000, Jim McIver wrote: > Downloaded a couple of *.tar files from the FreeBSD webpage. >=20 > Extract with the tar -xvf command and they created the following=20 > directory: > /pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/misc/...... >=20 > Anyway, I'm unable to cd into the -current directory to run the=20 > makefile. How do I cd to a -minus directory? >=20 > man pages indicate I can remove a directory and it's contents, but to=20 > see the rm(1) command. >=20 > When I try to do a "man rm(1)" it won't work either. >=20 > Any suggestions? >=20 > Jim McIver > Systems Technician > Lewiston Morning Tribune > PO Box 957 > 505 C. Street > Lewiston ID 83501 > jmciver@lmtribune.com > www.lmtribune.com > 208-743-9411 Ext. 254 > 208-746-1185 fax >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 > end of the original message Use the escape character: cd \-current man rm (whitout parenthesis) Francesco Casadei --=20 You can download my public key from http://digilander.iol.it/fcasadei/ or retrieve it from a keyserver (pgpkeys.mit.edu, wwwkeys.pgp.net, ...) Key fingerprint is: 1671 9A23 ACB4 520A E7EE 00B0 7EC3 375F 164E B17B --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6jaHxfsM3XxZOsXsRAgopAJ0aHe9kybahFpcAMfGeU+W7MULxPwCeISSF ubSmWcSRRddTasgLRQRgjTs= =2cIw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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