On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 02:54:52PM -0700, Greg Wiley wrote: > On Monday, August 20, 2001 2:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > silly me filled up my current directory with a file called > "--remove-files". > > my question is: how the heck to i get rid of this beast???? > > > > i've tried > > Here is a C program that will do it: > > #include <unistd.h> > > int main() { > char *fname = "--remove-files"; > unlink( fname ); > return 0; > }
No need for anything so drastic ! The -- flag turns off flag interpretation with many commands.. see "info rm" Cliff