Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:36:48 -0700 From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: Sean <sean@ttys0.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't remove or move file Message-ID: <4C6EAF20.6010002@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimx5R_BKYZ7Zrx1vLg8LqjiUdR0=%2BmO08zLD-Hs@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C6EA6B6.6090307@comcast.net> <AANLkTimx5R_BKYZ7Zrx1vLg8LqjiUdR0=%2BmO08zLD-Hs@mail.gmail.com>
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>> No switch with either the rm or mv command works. What is actually going on >> here? > > From the man page: > > NOTES > The rm command uses getopt(3) to parse its arguments, which allows it to > accept the `--' option which will cause it to stop processing flag > options at that point. This will allow the removal of file names that > begin with a dash (`-'). For example: > > rm -- -filename > > -Sean > Yep...I just simply missed that one. Thanks. Rem
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