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From: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman)
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Subject: Re: A convention for -file
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Date: Sat, 1-Nov-86 19:24:43 EST
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From: seismo!unido!exunido!hmm (Hans-Martin Mosner)
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 86 03:10:54 +0100

One problem with all the methods for escaping -file is that wildcard expansion
by the shell will still get the real names.  So if I happen to have a file
"-rf" in my home directory and do a "rm *f", I'm out of luck :-)
I have no solution for this, though...

	Hans-Martin Mosner
	University of Dortmund (W. Germany)

Volume-Number: Volume 8, Number 17