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From: kcwellsch@watdragon.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Removing "-" prefixed files
Message-ID: <2375@watdragon.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 09:09:54 EST
Article-I.D.: watdrago.2375
Posted: Mon Mar  2 09:09:54 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 2-Mar-87 21:10:35 EST
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Reply-To: kcwellsch@watdragon.UUCP (Ken Wellsch)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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>I don't think MINIX is to blame here for rm.  This is because if you say
>something like "rm -foobar" it looks like an option to rm.  I have seen this
>behavior in most UNIX systems.  You can do something like "rm -i *foobar" to
>get rid of files like this.

The best solution I've seen for removing files that begin with "-" is
just:

	% rm  ./-  ./-foobar  ...

By putting a valid directory path in front, "rm" will not see a "-"
prefix. Equally applicable is "../dir/-" and the list goes on...

Classic ways to produce a file starting with "-"? Have you ever tried

	% cc -O -o -c file file.c

where you've accidentally got "-o" and "-c" swapped?