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Date:      Tue, 5 Mar 1996 08:50:32 +0100 (MET)
From:      "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly)
Cc:        kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, james@teamos2.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to delete strange filename
Message-ID:  <199603050750.IAA22340@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <v02140b01ad613939117c@[206.104.20.188]> from "David Kelly" at Mar 4, 96 06:46:46 pm

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> 
> At 2:05 AM 3/4/96, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
> 
> >rm has an escape for these strange filename cases. Use:
> >
> >rm -- -i
> 
> Not all rm's on all systems support that mechanism. While "rm ./-i" works
> everywhere and I've often wondered why it isn't mentioned in the man page
> (maybe it is, I'm writing without reading).

It isn't mentioned in the FreeBSD rm page either.

> 
> --
> David Kelly N4HHE,   n4hhe@amsat.org,    dkelly@hiwaay.net
> =============================================================
> To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
>                 - Thomas Edison
> 
> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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