From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 16 23:30:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA25084 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:30:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [194.93.177.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA24978 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:29:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA27729; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:28:35 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Message-ID: <19980717092835.A27705@ucb.crimea.ua> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:28:35 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Sue Blake , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: +filenames Mail-Followup-To: Sue Blake , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19980717154959.16761@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: <19980717154959.16761@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 03:49:59PM +1000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 03:49:59PM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > What's the deal with filenames that start with "+" like the ones found > inside packages? > I can read them with cat or more, but not less. > I can edit them with ed but not with vi or joe or ee. > mv and cp work fine, and they look ordinary with ls. > 'date' shows that it's not the first of the month, nor is it April. > What gives? > I'll give you the idea: less -- +filename -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message