Re: can't delete a file
On Wednesday 04 September 2002 11:14, Patrick Hsieh wrote: Hello list, I created a file as root and chown it to a common account, then su to that account, trying to delete it as that account but failed. Any idea? # touch todel # chown pahud todel # ls -l todel -rw-r--r--1 pahud root0 Sep 4 16:08 todel # su pahud rm -f todel rm: cannot unlink `todel': Permission denied ls -al todel -rw-r--r--1 pahud root0 Sep 4 16:08 todel -- Patrick Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] this may have something to do with the permitions of the directory this file is in. i would check that. tal. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't delete a file
Patrick Hsieh wrote: Hello list, I created a file as root and chown it to a common account, then su to that account, trying to delete it as that account but failed. Any idea? this is one of the most problems for unix newbies... basically, when you remove a file you don't modify it, but the directory that contains it. so to remove a file you need write permission on the directory, and the permissions on the file are almost completely irrilevant. hope this helps. pietro. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't delete a file
On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Mike Miller wrote: I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? Use Midnight Commander. Type mc to run the program. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)433-3520 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page: http://www.lasaltech.com/andre.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Can't delete a file
Andre, Type: rm - -test A -- permits the user to mark explicitly the end of any com- mand line options, allowing rm to recognize file arguments that begin with a -. Regards, Dan A. M. Varon wrote: On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Mike Miller wrote: I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? Use Midnight Commander. Type mc to run the program. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)433-3520 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page: http://www.lasaltech.com/andre.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Can't delete a file
I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? Try: rm -- -test Andreas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Can't delete a file
On Aug 11, Mike Miller wrote I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? With most GNU tools, '--' means end option processing here. So rm -- -test will do what you want. HTH, Ray -- Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages, on a lightspeed mission to explore strange new systems and to boldly go where no data has gone before. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Can't delete a file
I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? The easiest (and more portable since not all versions of rm include the -- option) of doing it is: rm ./-test Richard.. - Richard Dansereau Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home page: http://pobox.com/~rdanse Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Manitoba - Canada - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Can't delete a file
try rm -test Regards, | Debian GNU/ __ o .| R L / / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Jeff | E I / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / (FidoNet 1:3644/9) | D N// /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | H U...because lockups are for convicts... ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | A X ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) HOME| T On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Mike Miller wrote: I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Can't delete a file
The universal answer comes from comp.unix.faq. Try rm ./-test This should work no matter which ls you are using. Mike Miller wrote: I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
