Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sdrc!diblanch
From: diblanch@sdrc.UUCP (Jeff Blanchet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Trying to remove a file called "-ls"
Keywords: HP bug
Message-ID: <570@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 89 21:39:10 GMT
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corp., Cincinnati
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I seem to have stumbled across a bug that occurs on the HP. I created a file
called "-ls". Now on any other UNIX system all I have to do is issue the
command "rm -i *". This doesn't work on the HP 9000/300 series running
HP U/X 6.0 and 6.2. I tried all kinds of different ways to get rid of
the file. I tried using the "mv" command but that didn't work on the 300.
I tried the mv command on the 800 and I could use the "mv" command and
then remove the file.

Anyway I have found one way to get rid of a file with this type of name.
"find . -name "-ls" -exec rm {} \;" got rid of the file.

Pretty interesting!!! Anyone else know of a way to delete such a file?



P.S. I have tried using "rm -i *" on other UNIX systems and it works fine.


Jeff Blanchet               UUCP: uunet!sdrc!diblanch
SDRC
Cincinnati Ohio