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Subject: how to delete a file?
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Jack Raats writes:

>  - -rw-r--r--  1 jos  jos    0 Nov 19 15:34 -----
>  - -rw-r--r--  1 jos  jos  767 Nov 19 15:39 .cshrc
>  drwx------  3 jos  jos  512 Nov 19 15:40 .imap
>  
>  How to delete the ----- file
>  rm "-----" doesnot work (even with root access)

	man rm, section NOTES


				Robert Huff