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From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM
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Subject: Re: Stupid question...
Message-ID: <1991May29.013900.28988@cbfsb.att.com>
Date: 29 May 91 01:39:00 GMT
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In-Reply-To: jimr@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM's message of 28 May 91 22: 46:23 GMT
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>>>>> On 28 May 91 22:46:23 GMT, jimr@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Jim Rogers) said:

Jim> The reason you are having trouble with files beginning with "-"
Jim> is that this character is used by the rm command to signify an
Jim> option.  It is specifically excluded as a valid first character
Jim> for a file name, as far as the "rm" command is concerned.

Jim> The following short peice of C code

When
$ rm some_nasty_file_name
fails, I usually just do
$ rm ./some_nasty_file_name