rm -R

[Julian H. Stacey]

Hi,
Reference:
> From:		Jos Chrispijn <kernel at webrz.net> 
> Date:		Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:44:22 +0100 
> Message-id:	<51323A76.2040203 at webrz.net> 

Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> 
> Teske, Devin:
> > rm -R -- -S
> >
> > The "--" tells it "here's the end of the options, here come the file/directories"
> 
> Almost:
> 
> rm -R --  -S;
> 
> did it, thanks very much for you help!

This also works
	rmdir ./-S
(& is probably the best generic naming method, & was valid decades
ago, before rm got the luxury of modern stuff eg -- & would work
for other commands that might not have delimieters such as -- )
This also work but is over kill :
	rmdir './-S'

Cheers,
Julian
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Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com
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