Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!osu-cis!bgsuvax!denbeste From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: more rm insanity Message-ID: <1413@bgsuvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 09:55:56 EST Article-I.D.: bgsuvax.1413 Posted: Fri Dec 4 09:55:56 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Dec-87 02:14:19 EST References: <9593@mimsy.UUCP> Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh. Lines: 31 In article <9555@mimsy.UUCP> I asked: >Why is it that people have so much trouble figuring out how to remove >files whose names start with `-'? in article <9593@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) says: .. What else could you call the file to pacify rm ... > 3. One is ~/-b. Notice anything special about this name > versus that other one? I like this one. It is much general than the method I use. I tell then to type: % man rm and notice that rm has a (null) option, -, that causes it to not treat args beginning with a - as a switch, so all you have to do is type: % rm - -b Of course, this one only works for rm, whereas Chris's will work for any program. I would be tempted to use ./-b myself, since it is independant of where you are. --- William C. DenBesten | CSNET denbeste@research1.bgsu.edu Dept of Computer Science | UUCP ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!bgsuvax!denbeste Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green, OH 43403-0214 |