> -----Original Message----- > From: Leon, Yanet I,,DMDCWEST [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Funny character on a dir name. > > > Not necessarily a perl question. One of the users (on a Unix > box) created a > directory with a dash at the beginning of the name (no idea > how he did it) > and he needs to remove it. The name of the file is -testing > is there a way > to remove it using perl or other means. I removed it using > the inode number > of the directory. Is there another way? > > Regards > > Yanet
$ rmdir ./-testing or $ perl -e 'rmdir "-testing"' -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]