Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:05:12 +0100 From: David Landgren <david@landgren.net> To: FreeBSD Question List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: can't get rid of this file with trailing backslash? Message-ID: <419E6E18.1030004@landgren.net> In-Reply-To: <ECCB1B9C-3A3B-11D9-8983-000D9338770A@chrononomicon.com> References: <20041119133443.GA23820@akroteq.com> <18815024894.20041119150912@hexren.net> <4BAE8B4E-3A3A-11D9-8983-000D9338770A@chrononomicon.com> <200411190854.21744.josh@tcbug.org> <ECCB1B9C-3A3B-11D9-8983-000D9338770A@chrononomicon.com>
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Bart Silverstrim wrote: [...] >>> I'm too paranoid that I know what *should* work wouldn't or would >>> still end up deleting the original file I wanted, so I'd have to >>> make a backup of the file and do it that way rather than play with >>> escapes and quotes. >> >> >> Cant' you escape the \ with a \? >> rm named.conf\\ ?? > > > I think he did do that and it worked. > > I was just commenting what my first instinct is to do. A few extra > keystrokes, but it saves my peace of mind. I jump among too many o/~ speaking words of wisdom o/~ I couldn't agree more. Another thing that no-one else has yet mentioned is rm -i named.conf\\ which will force rm to prompt for a y/n response in order to proceed with the actual unlinking. David
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