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From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com>
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Cc: 'Ceri Davies' <ceri@submonkey.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: Odd file created in /
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>> Check to see if anything has it open currently.  "netstat -a -f unix"
>> will do that for you.  Then rename it.  Then wait a week before
>> unlinking it.
>>
>> Ceri
>
> Nothing had it open.  Took me a second to figure out the "--" option so that
> mv would rename it.  :)
>
> How do I unlink it?

unlink is another way of saying remove...

rm -- ./-P

-philip