Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:05:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris <chrismar@shasta.eclipse.net> To: Joseph Scott <joseph@randomnetworks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: whoops, can't remove file :\ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907192004370.23047-100000@shasta.eclipse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907191945040.3795-100000@unix1.digital-web.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- That worked, thanks alot! Chris On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Joseph Scott wrote: > > Take a look at the man page for rm(1). You'll find this treasure > right under the NOTE section : > > NOTE > The rm command uses getopt(3) to parse its arguments, which allows it > to accept the `--' option which will cause it to stop processing flag > options at that point. This will allow the removal of file names that > begin with a dash (`-'). For example: > rm -- -filename > The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative > path reference. For example: > rm /home/user/-filename > rm ./-filename > > Took me awhile to figure this out the first time I did it :-) > > Joseph Scott > joseph@randomnetworks.com > > > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Chris wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Dumb 'ol me accidently created a file with a leading - and now I can't get > > rid of it because rm tells me "invalid option". > > > > ex- > > > > chrismar@stupid /home > rm -rf -h > > rm: invalid option -- h > > Try `rm --help' for more information. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Chris > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: 2.6.2 > > > > iQB1AwUBN5O3y/bh8rV07zbRAQEBbgMAk8PPX3C8qPE8jNBTapX4EAnGHynDcH9J > > sYxgaphxQULEHPzR7zi/DJKdkkh6MAb25jGPSPqEpKKgCOYYsyXfLRxzW4G16ukQ > > NUdPdKNDPsRCw32Gmh5oBaRilIG51BZG > > =UfYk > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQB1AwUBN5O9Lvbh8rV07zbRAQFNHQMA7HOGrQ+gLMSOAx1lrrsk1pXzaWQcr3eg 6gWTdLrI5vSRU29VxST4OtGJ7J4f04GBd53gjq6yJidU/87pGaxqWGuxVg4y82yg IqNDxQwTlxNfN4bGtsN1Fii1hG4ZYETS =YlI0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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