On 25/06/11 15:53, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/25/11 at 03:20pm, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 25/06/11 10:16, lee wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> writes: >>>
<snipped> >>> >>> To give a silly example, a file named "-rf *" or "rm -rf *" >> >> I defy you to create a file with those name ;-p >> NOTE: I've tried. No point in it just being an untested opinion. > > Why wouldn't you be able to? None of those are forbidden characters for > filenames. > > ,---------------------------- > |liam@slimer:~/safe$ touch ./-rf\ * > |liam@slimer:~/safe$ ls > |-rf * > `--------------------------- Good point! Clearly I did not spend enough time trying. I obviously hadn't considered the lengths some people will go to. :-) I'd only tried the following:- $ touch -rf * touch: failed to get attributes of `f': No such file or directory $ touch "-rf *" touch: failed to get attributes of `f *': No such file or directory After reading your post I tried using Dolphin to create a directory called "-rf *" (without ""). It worked! I shall now write a letter to my MP demanding laws are passed against bad weather. :-D Cheers -- I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullsh#t. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. ~ Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e057b8f.3030...@gmail.com
