Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:36:51 -0500 (EST) From: "Ean Kingston" <ean@hedron.org> To: "Xavier Maillard" <zedek@gnu-rox.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dir ~ Message-ID: <2936.216.220.59.169.1109709411.squirrel@216.220.59.169> In-Reply-To: <plop858y57md1w.fsf@gnu-rox.org> References: <20050228165856.D333143D5F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <plop858y57md1w.fsf@gnu-rox.org>
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> On 28 fév 2005, Rob wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> 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 this >> ~ dir? I haven't seen the painfully obvious option yet so you might consider it: rm '~' NOTE the quote marks. They will prevent shell expansion. > > Dunno if my answer got lost but a solution I would suggest is to > try a combination of ls/find/rm > > My best bet on this issue is to list this by inode -i.e. ls -i > and then track this inode using the inum switch of the find > command to delete the item. > > This is usually how I deal with such entries. > > Hope that helps. > -- > "sometimes i feel like we're making emacs better and better because we > don't > know what to do with emacs once it is finished." > > -- AlexSchroeder on #emacs @OPN > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean_AT_hedron_DOT_org PGP KeyID: 1024D/CBC5D6BB URL: http://www.hedron.org/
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