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From: mmcp@sdsu.UUCP (                mmcp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Trying to remove a file called "-ls"
Message-ID: <3588@sdsu.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 89 02:33:19 GMT
References: <570@sdrc.UUCP> <4640014@hpirs.HP.COM>
Reply-To: mmcp@sdsu.UCSD.EDU (                mmcp)
Organization: San Diego State University, Math/Sciences Dept.
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In article <4640014@hpirs.HP.COM> wk@hpirs.HP.COM (Wayne Krone) writes:
>> Why not    rm -i *   and answer no to all the queries except -ls?
>
>Because * is expanded by the shell so the argument list passed to
>rm might be "-i -ls foo1 foo2".

Why not simply write a C program which uses the unlink system call to
purge the file?

Syd Logan mmcp San Diego State University