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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Protection from "rm *"
Message-ID: <1990Oct01.233652.3418@virtech.uucp>
Date: 1 Oct 90 23:36:52 GMT
References: <853@agcsun.UUCP> <1986@sixhub.UUCP> <1034@bilver.UUCP>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
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Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA
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In article <1034@bilver.UUCP> bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion) writes:
>
>Now however, I can't seem to figure how to get rid of the -i.  I have tried
>all variations of quotes, backslashes, wildcards.

1. Read the FAQ posting to comp.unix.questins
2. try "rm ./-i"

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