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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!blkbox.COM!blkbox!cbevis From: cbevis@blkbox.com (Cameron Bevis) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Help! How to remove file with "-" Date: 13 Aug 1994 17:23:42 GMT Organization: The Black Box, Houston, Tx (713) 480-2686 Lines: 9 Message-ID: <32iviu$4ug@blkbox.blkbox.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: blkbox.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello all. While doing a recent tar, I place the --exclude parm in the wrong place and created a huge file in my root dir called "--exclude". (Stupid, I know...) I have tried the -i switch for rm (it won't prompt for THAT file), quoting the file name, just "mv'ing" it for the time being, and a variety of other things. Nothing seems to work. Now my root filesystem is 100% full, and I am in a pickle. Any help would be appreciated Cam Bevis