Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:28:35 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: +filenames Message-ID: <19980717092835.A27705@ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <19980717154959.16761@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 03:49:59PM %2B1000 References: <19980717154959.16761@welearn.com.au>
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On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 03:49:59PM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > What's the deal with filenames that start with "+" like the ones found > inside packages? > I can read them with cat or more, but not less. > I can edit them with ed but not with vi or joe or ee. > mv and cp work fine, and they look ordinary with ls. > 'date' shows that it's not the first of the month, nor is it April. > What gives? > I'll give you the idea: less -- +filename -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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