On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:37:32 -0700 Hemal Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:51:09 -0400, epilogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:29:35 -0700 > > Hemal Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:06:29 -0400 (EDT), Michael Sharp > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm having a brain freeze tonight and apparently forgot some > > > > basic UNIX commands.. > > > > > > > > what is the command to remove the file "--directory" > > > > > > > > rm *directory* = nope > > > > rm "*directory*" = nope > > > > rm \-\-\directory = nope > > > > rm -i * = nope and dosent even see the file > > > rm ./-directory > > > > funny, though i tried these on a test directory... > > > > rm ./-test > > rm -- --test > > > > ...neither worked for me. > Thats very surprising. The fist option above has worked for ever and > the second at least for a decade or so. Can you post some output? > as requested... (standard shell and standard user) ~> mkdir test ~> rm ./-test rm: ./-test: No such file or directory ~> rm -- --test rm: --test: No such file or directory ~> rm -r test remove test? y ~> mkdir test ~> rm -rf test ~> > > admittedly, both suggestions are new to me > > and i'm likely 'misreading' the statements. > I should think so. > > > anyhoo, i've always had > > success deleting directories with: > > > > rm -r > > rm -rf # if i'm lazy and want to save myself a 'y' and an 'enter', or > > simply don't feel like being second guessed. :) > Neither of this would work by itself, because the file argument to rm > is not optional. What argument would you pass? > the directory in question. thought that was obvious. thought wrong. heh. > > > > epi > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, if I'm in / and want to tar the entire filesystem > > > > EXCLUDING the > > > > directory jail ( /jail ) what would be the switches to tar? > > > > > > > Lookup --exclude in man tar. You want : > > > $ tar cvf file.tar --exclude jail . > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"