Subject: Re: Stupid question
To: Ken Nakata <kenn@remus.rutgers.edu>
From: Rodney M. Hopkins <rhopkins@sunflower.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/17/1997 07:19:06
At 11:40 PM 11/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 16 Nov 1997 21:57:15 -0600,
>"Rodney M. Hopkins" <rhopkins@sunflower.com> wrote:
>> At 07:18 PM 11/16/97 -0800, you wrote:
>> >
>> >If you simple want to remove it, try:
>> >
>> >rm -- -axl
>>
>> Kick butt! This worked like I charm!
>>
>> I knew there was such a facility in UN*X but I couldn't for the life of me
>> remember it. I was trying /- and \- and '- and all kinds of other stuff,
>
>Shouldn't "rm ./-axl" also work? (provided it's in the current directory)
Yup! That works too. I'd never thought of that, as I very rarely use that
notation. Just goes to prove, there's more than one way to delete a file. ;)
Thanks!
Rodney Hopkins
rhopkins@sunflower.com