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From: klimt@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Wolfgang Klimt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Help! How to remove file with "-"
Date: 17 Aug 1994 12:44:20 GMT
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
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Message-ID: <32t0n4$cqi@hpsystem1.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
References: <32iviu$4ug@blkbox.blkbox.COM>
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In article <32iviu$4ug@blkbox.blkbox.COM>, cbevis@blkbox.com (Cameron Bevis) writes:
>
> 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
rm ./--exclude
*smile* -- Wolfii
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