On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks! > It worked. > I would like to understand why it works though.
by default, most unix/linux commands will treat anything starting with a "-" as an option string. however, the magic token "--" tells the command that all the rest of the command is to be treated strictly as arguments. this trick works not just with "rm", but most commands. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
