From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karey Weston Subject: Re: How to delete a special directory Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:01:57 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20070209143345.GB8710@crichton> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="B_3253852917_5125350" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070209143345.GB8710@crichton> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: To: Scott Pack , linux-admin@vger.kernel.org > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3253852917_5125350 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Try this (works with bash on BSD...Linux should be the same) rm -rf \-f \-q Make sure you are in bash...the backslashes escape the - and take it as a literal. Cheers wes On 2/9/07 7:33 AM, "Scott Pack" wrote: > M?rio Gamito [gamito@gmail.com] wrote: >> I've accidently created two directories: -f and -q >> >> Now, i can't remove them with rm -rf -f -q >> I get an error. >> > > Try giving the full path name to the directory. Such as, > rm -rdf ./-f ./-q > > > > > S. --B_3253852917_5125350 Content-type: application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-disposition: attachment; filename = "smime.p7s" MIIIXwYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIIUDCCCEwCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAaCC BiswggLkMIICTaADAgECAhBZfwdefs9zC+drl5OVi2OMMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMGIxCzAJ BgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYD VQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQTAeFw0wNjAzMjIxODA0 NDJaFw0wNzAzMjIxODA0NDJaMEcxHzAdBgNVBAMTFlRoYXd0ZSBGcmVlbWFpbCBNZW1iZXIx JDAiBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWFWt3ZXN0b25AaW5uZXJ3YWxsLmNvbTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEB BQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAMwWFisRCL7xtOZfTLCZXnOGjUhLT/HQb+imQe6sREJDs8XIAfa/ tV10KDNpNwCDtssLgj/rDyYWoaOU4H6wuHakFxUBtGGw+nzlcY/2m8+xx9DlA6c+BC8VJ0Ga v8yPqsqvd12ogs8SiEXl7S55t76HN5luFMlViC4CX2P/nfs9KSAO0/tyc0etk5chJf+eKBro mJXixzOGF2IcwgAw2/srzmU6IruDiAS+wZE+E5xWUWsxcex036IOWjs2/K0ReY2uW5d5uK8x U/ihQTpztl88+sSdJCXeXz1GNTw9MVlWQHqR+mCImF4VujO3n+OJkr+kOlxpYHkzHrJ14PVv CoECAwEAAaMyMDAwIAYDVR0RBBkwF4EVa3dlc3RvbkBpbm5lcndhbGwuY29tMAwGA1UdEwEB /wQCMAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEATdinnK+oH4MaEl2DZoajI8SnTM/1xT+OTTCDGve5 8HjsGhSdvD4NhyMcA+wJfn0JG2PzfGEKGyMYAse2oX0bLqe05d9wtjIInl84lUxqy3zqv1GJ q84qc/lcgSKntKhHU6gW/U9FKM9nIuDvMnheHyf+7cfWBrYX6v4nkQqoS9kwggM/MIICqKAD AgECAgENMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIHRMQswCQYDVQQGEwJaQTEVMBMGA1UECBMMV2VzdGVy biBDYXBlMRIwEAYDVQQHEwlDYXBlIFRvd24xGjAYBgNVBAoTEVRoYXd0ZSBDb25zdWx0aW5n MSgwJgYDVQQLEx9DZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uIFNlcnZpY2VzIERpdmlzaW9uMSQwIgYDVQQDExtU aGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgQ0ExKzApBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWHHBlcnNvbmFsLWZy ZWVtYWlsQHRoYXd0ZS5jb20wHhcNMDMwNzE3MDAwMDAwWhcNMTMwNzE2MjM1OTU5WjBiMQsw CQYDVQQGEwJaQTElMCMGA1UEChMcVGhhd3RlIENvbnN1bHRpbmcgKFB0eSkgTHRkLjEsMCoG A1UEAxMjVGhhd3RlIFBlcnNvbmFsIEZyZWVtYWlsIElzc3VpbmcgQ0EwgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcN AQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAMSmPFVzVftOucqZWh5owHUEcJ3f6f+jHuy9zfVb8hp2vX8MOmHy v1HOAdTlUAow1wJjWiyJFXCO3cnwK4Vaqj9xVsuvPAsH5/EfkTYkKhPPK9Xzgnc9A74r/rsY Pge/QIACZNenprufZdHFKlSFD0gEf6e20TxhBEAeZBlyYLf7AgMBAAGjgZQwgZEwEgYDVR0T AQH/BAgwBgEB/wIBADBDBgNVHR8EPDA6MDigNqA0hjJodHRwOi8vY3JsLnRoYXd0ZS5jb20v VGhhd3RlUGVyc29uYWxGcmVlbWFpbENBLmNybDALBgNVHQ8EBAMCAQYwKQYDVR0RBCIwIKQe MBwxGjAYBgNVBAMTEVByaXZhdGVMYWJlbDItMTM4MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4GBAEiM0VCD 6gsuzA2jZqxnD3+vrL7CF6FDlpSdf0whuPg2H6otnzYvwPQcUCCTcDz9reFhYsPZOhl+hLGZ GwDFGguCdJ4lUJRix9sncVcljd2pnDmOjCBPZV+V2vf3h9bGCE6u9uo05RAaWzVNd+NWIXiC 3CEZNd4ksdMdRv9dX2VPMYIB/DCCAfgCAQEwdjBiMQswCQYDVQQGEwJaQTElMCMGA1UEChMc VGhhd3RlIENvbnN1bHRpbmcgKFB0eSkgTHRkLjEsMCoGA1UEAxMjVGhhd3RlIFBlcnNvbmFs IEZyZWVtYWlsIElzc3VpbmcgQ0ECEFl/B15+z3ML52uXk5WLY4wwCQYFKw4DAhoFAKBdMCMG CSqGSIb3DQEJBDEWBBTM2ZU0X9/tVz2PWZMg6kfJCQixdzAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMxCwYJKoZI hvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0wNzAyMDkxNTAxNTdaMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIIB AA2ndakvydbdHPWbRwIaFqTmOycL0McP7ILTovNFke/XWsUGpMFbqZkoTxaxXzf7rSMcdCmY OzZPVH8mqfgPUwrJSyp3v1cQDVmkXJcL4o9nPghsGIr0GQriQw5FRo2pjoCA+2b/hKXnxnL8 c9YzKo9oBAM75SGQo0ECYEznRz+6E3YKYDpOQUnz7pwtk8owGVVJ6XS3n+tOmOkDK9Zr51gM AqHDtrU7ujnnsF81A4VA+gr4gaxnBRf/3dRFNC5jP9s2PUspg5+WN2MFf7Mqf3Wb6Wr7Gy9h 7VurLyDM0uCtgOXio4fFNTxhc1oV3t762RxFOQD6GQN6jXLyFtw8ASs= --B_3253852917_5125350--