Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:44:59 +0100 From: Udo Schweigert <ust@cert.siemens.de> To: Alejandro Galindo Chairez AGALINDO <agalindo@servidor.exsocom.com.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File names statring with '-' Message-ID: <19991215184459.A59325@alaska.cert.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991215113325.6474A-100000@servidor.exsocom.com.mx>; from agalindo@servidor.exsocom.com.mx on Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 11:35:58AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991215113325.6474A-100000@servidor.exsocom.com.mx>
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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
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