Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:07:26 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Mystery "-p" file Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020726090726.03029918@mail.sage-one.net>
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Running FBSD 4.5-RELEASE.
I've discovered a mystery file "-p" in my /root directory of a server that
contains 35M. I don't know how it got there, but when I try to remove it, I
get errors:
==========================
root@asafeserver>> rm -p
rm: illegal option -- p
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
unlink file
==========================
...and just a listing:
root@asafeserver>> ll -p
ls: illegal option -- p
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLPRTWabcdfgiklnoqrstu1] [file ...]
==========================
Apparently the "file" is linked, so I'm all the more puzzled and concerned.
How can I find out what it is linked to? ...and what/why it is there in the
first place...???
BTW, the file is time-stamped Jan 25 2002.... shame on me that it took this
long to see it.... but have been wondering what was taking up so much room
in "/" versus other servers. In doing a listing, I just didn't look up high
enough to see the file which resides at the top and offscreen.
Thanks for any ideas about this.... and a safe way to remove it...???
Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator
SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net
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