ns1: {10} % echo "tez" > -d9;rm -r -d9
rm: illegal option -- 9
usage: rm [-dfiPRrW] file ...
ns1: {11} % rm -- -d9
ns1: {12} %
Local search in my archive's mail :
From: John Vance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Idiots, Fools, and Man Pages
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 24 Feb 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >the occasional "how do you rm -foo" questions as an indicator that
> > >we have a chance of serving the average user, but we aren't there
yet.
> >
> > I just checked "man rm" on 1.1 and it doesn't tell you how to remove
-foo.
> > Why not?
>
> An educated guess would be that rm(1) uses a standard libc routine
> to do option parsing ... which happens to be getopt(3). The getopt
> man page describes the use of `--' to end option parsing.
>
> Would you really want that every man page decribes the transitive
> closure of every library or system routine a command uses?
>
>From an AIX man page on rm(1):
Syntax
{ rm | delete } [ -f ] [ -r ] [ -R ] [ -i ] [ -e ] [ -- ]
File ...
.
.
.
- - Indicates that all arguments following it are to be treated
as file names. This allows you to specify file names starting
with one - (dash).
>From a SunOS 4.1.3 man page on rm(1):
SYNOPSIS
rm [ - ] [ -fir ] filename...
.
.
.
- Treat the following arguments as filenames `-' so that
you can specify filenames starting with a minus.
It appears that the answer to your question, at least regarding
rm, is 'yes.'
John Vance
--
carlos
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://carlos.carlos.net
> > > >Sip! udah beres.. hehee.. gak kepikir pake perl.. ;)
> > > >Thanks lagi yah..
> > >
> > > kalo cp/mv/rm benar tidak bisa, berarti ini bug,
> > > dan sebaiknya dilaporkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > (kalau ndak salah)...
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