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From: zaphod@petruz.sublink.ORG (Pietro Caselli)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: I have a file named "-"
Message-ID: <128.27C67FFF@petruz.sublink.ORG>
Date: 23 Feb 91 14:21:22 GMT
Organization: Pietro Caselli -Via P.Mattiolo 4-  40139 Bologna Italy
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In an article of <26 Feb 91 05:28:22 GMT> (Benjamin H. Cowan) writes:

 >  I have a file whose name consists of the single character "-".  I can't
 >rm it or mv it or cat it or more it or anything to it.  How can I get rid 
 >of
 >it?

Just unlink It.

pippo()
{
int i
       if((i=unlink("-"))== -1)
                printf("Sorry ... on Minix it works !\n");
       else
                printf("Hey ma ... look it works !\n")
}
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