Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:12:59 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Rob <tech-admin@rd-hosting.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dir ~ Message-ID: <20050301151259.GG3678@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <20050228165856.D333143D5F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050228165856.D333143D5F@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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--GdbWtwDHkcXqP16f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:58:45PM -0000, Rob wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I typed mv file dir/~ and I now have dir/~ but when I go to that it > takes me to my home which happened to be root, I tried to delete the > directory and it started deleting roots home. Is there a way to delete th= is > ~ dir? Can you clarify the exact command that you entered and the exact name of the resulting file? '/' is not a legal character in a filename, and I'm fairly certain that the system would not let you create a file with such a character. I could be misinterpreting what you wrote, but when it seems as if you are saying that you literally have a file name 'dir/~'. Nathan --GdbWtwDHkcXqP16f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCJIZ7O0ZIEthSfkkRAuEbAJ9Oqe6xAeuD/ahvkQyd+oBqtHQgEgCgxlNo rP7qv8b6Hlqh+w68GrzObQY= =UVIx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GdbWtwDHkcXqP16f--
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