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:
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
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
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
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
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
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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.
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?
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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)
try rm -test
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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
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