RE: FW: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-15 Thread Chris Mason
Thanks, that's exactly what I did. No more loops. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list-admin@;redhat.com] On Behalf Of Hal Burgiss Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 1:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: urgent file removal problem On Thu, Nov 14, 20

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

RE: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

RE: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

RE: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

RE: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-15 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-14 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:32:03PM -0500, Joe Mozelesky wrote: > Ooops...Replied to the wrong thread... I am referring to the guy with > the looping vacation message [EMAIL PROTECTED] :0 * ^Subject: .*out of (the )?office /dev/null -- Hal Burgiss -- redhat-list mailing

Re: FW: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-14 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

RE: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-14 Thread Joe Mozelesky
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: urgent file removal problem On 09:34 13 Nov 2002, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > [...] rm -- --multi [...] | > | > Thanks! | > It worked. | > I w

FW: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-14 Thread Joe Mozelesky
: Thursday, November 14, 2002 10:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: urgent file removal problem On 09:34 13 Nov 2002, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > [...] rm -- --multi [...] | > | > Thank

Re: urgent file removal problem (Out of Office)

2002-11-14 Thread Jacob Petrie
I will be out of the office Friday, November 15th. If this is an emergency please contact the IT help desk. Thank you, Jacob Petrie Web Systems/Information Technology Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.662.2140 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-l

Re: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 09:34 13 Nov 2002, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > [...] rm -- --multi [...] | > | > Thanks! | > It worked. | > I would like to understand why it works though. | | by default, most unix/linux commands will tr

Re: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-13 Thread Javier Gostling
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:28:58PM +0200, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks! > It worked. > I would like to understand why it works though. rm interprets --multi as an option, so it first barks at an unknown option, and then at not having any files to delete specified. I you

Re: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
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 t

Re: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-13 Thread Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks! It worked. I would like to understand why it works though. regards, Willem On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have managed to create a file called > > --multi on an rh7.3 box. I need to remove it urge

Re: urgent file removal problem

2002-11-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have managed to create a file called > --multi on an rh7.3 box. I need to remove it urgently as it > filled up the root filesystem. > rm '--multi' or rm *multi does not work. > what command should i use? $ rm -- --multi rday

urgent file removal problem

2002-11-13 Thread Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have managed to create a file called --multi on an rh7.3 box. I need to remove it urgently as it filled up the root filesystem. rm '--multi' or rm *multi does not work. what command should i use? -- Willem van der Walt Information Services Directorate Department of Health South Africa tel: 27