Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nbires!hao!noao!arizona!lm From: lm@arizona.edu (Larry McVoy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Accessing files by inode #s Message-ID: <3586@megaron.arizona.edu> Date: 27 Jan 88 18:40:57 GMT References: <11470@brl-adm.ARPA> Reply-To: lm@megaron.arizona.edu.UUCP (Larry McVoy) Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson Lines: 12 In article <11470@brl-adm.ARPA> iunix1@almsa-1.arpa (Will Martin) writes: >around the weird file name with wildcards, we often end up just ignoring >it and leaving it be, because, when these appear in a regular production >directory, either that of an individual or a system-level one, it is often >not feasible to do the usual kinds of drastic measures, such as moving all try $ rm -i * -- Larry McVoy lm@arizona.edu or ...!{uwvax,sun}!arizona.edu!lm Use the force - read the source.