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Date:      Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:02:43 -0400
From:      Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com>
To:        "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   rmdir problem
Message-ID:  <35AB9D42.D358E945@graphnet.com>

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Hello.

A faulty script created a directory called "-DIR"

when i try to remove it:

#rmdir \-DIR    or
#rmdir -DIR     or
#rmdir \-DIR/   or
#rmdir -DIR/

it always gives me this:

rm: illegal option -- D
etc.

what can i possibly do?

much tia,
roman
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