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From: mark@mkvpc.UUCP (mark varnell)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Problem removing a file
Summary: rm whoes
Message-ID: <116@mkvpc.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 89 02:33:17 GMT
References: <695@flatline.UUCP>
Organization: Mark Varnell, Winston Salem,NC
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In article <695@flatline.UUCP>, erict@flatline.UUCP (The Evil Mel Fujitsu) writes:
> 
> Ok, I've really done it now.  I've created, in my home directory,
> a file by the name of:
> -ef
> None of the following rm options work: *f, *ef, -*f, -i *
> The error returned?
> rm: illegal option -- e


I've done this one before myself..
Try making a dummy file 'fdummy' and
then:
rm fdummy -ef

Thus rm will not try to interpret -ef as an option.


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