root wrote:
> 
> how you guys doin? good i hope.

Most excellent.  Thank you.

> anyways, while messing around on my system, i created a file called
> 
> -09-09-09.txt
> 
> nothing serious or anything, however, i can't delete it. see:
> 
> [root@ghettohacker new]# rm -09-09-09.txt
> rm: invalid option -- 0
> Try `rm --help' for more information.
> [root@ghettohacker new]#
> 
> it wont delete with rm. i tried shread, and that doesn't work either.
> every command line program i use wont delete it. rm is treating the
> filename as a command line option and wont let the file be deleted.
> 
> i hope you guys can fix it. good luck :)
> 
> -p0x

That's an intersting signature, Mr. p0x.  From it
one might infer a certain technical skill at reading
and writing beyond the average into the abstract.
Yet I am fascinated by the output of your excellent
test case, namely the line that says,

> Try `rm --help' for more information.

and the fact that you didn't.

Regards,
Matthew

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