On a similar note, avoid naming files -v or -r.... those are real pains. A friend of mine had to write system code to delete them... If he still has it sitting around, I'll pass it on.
Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote: > > I was wondering how to remove a file by the name of --help.tgz? > (Don't ask...Okay if you really must know, I typed in tgz --help and I > get that file. There's no man page for tgz, and I think tgz shouldn't > accept things starting with -- as file names...) rm always takes it > as an option, even if quotes, double-quoted, backslashed, > regular-expressioned. Any suggestions? > > Marshal > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null