Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!barmar From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Help! There's a slash '/' in my filename. Message-ID: <1991Feb6.044821.12311@Think.COM> Date: 6 Feb 91 04:48:21 GMT References: <2665@trlluna.trl.oz> <1991Feb4.231354.5305@mtxinu.COM> Sender: news@Think.COM Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA Lines: 13 In article rodney@dali.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) writes: >hey people -- this 'how do I delete a file with a / in it' and it's cousin >question 'how do I delete a file that starts with -' are in the FAQ. Where? I just looked at the comp.unix.questions FAQ, and it only addressed the problem of filenames beginning with "-" and filenames containing characters that are special to the shell. Filenames containing "/" really do require wizardly powers to deal with. -- Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar