From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 15 9:45:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from david.siemens.de (david.siemens.de [192.35.17.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A9B1152AC for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:45:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ust@cert.siemens.de) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: ust@cert.siemens.de (at relayer david.siemens.de) Received: from mail1.siemens.de (mail1.siemens.de [139.23.33.14]) by david.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA07021; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:45:00 +0100 (MET) Received: from mars.cert.siemens.de (ust.mchp.siemens.de [139.23.201.17]) by mail1.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA12674; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:45:00 +0100 (MET) Received: from alaska.cert.siemens.de (alaska.cert.siemens.de [139.23.202.134]) by mars.cert.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Siemens CERT [ $Revision: 1.9 ]) with ESMTP id SAA00567; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:44:59 +0100 (CET) Received: (from ust@localhost) by alaska.cert.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/alaska [ $Revision: 1.2 ]) id RAA59370; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:44:59 GMT (envelope-from ust) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:44:59 +0100 From: Udo Schweigert To: Alejandro Galindo Chairez AGALINDO Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File names statring with '-' Message-ID: <19991215184459.A59325@alaska.cert.siemens.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from agalindo@servidor.exsocom.com.mx on Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 11:35:58AM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-RC Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 11:35:58 -0600, Alejandro Galindo Chairez AGALINDO wrote: > Hello, > > For a mistake a customer saved a file name (on our FreeBSD server) with a > '-', how can we rename it? i was trying to move the file on the next way: > > mv -filename.txt filename.txt > > mv "-filename.txt" filename.txt > > but it didnt work ( becouse the mv command take the '-' especting an > option) > mv -- -filename.txt filename.txt Regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Udo Schweigert || Voice : +49 89 636 42170 Siemens AG, Siemens CERT || Fax : +49 89 636 41166 ZT IK 3 || email : Udo.Schweigert@mchp.siemens.de D-81730 Muenchen / Germany || : ust@cert.siemens.de PGP fingerprint || 2A 53 F6 A6 30 59 64 02 6B C4 E0 73 B2 C9 6C E7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message