Since when has one been able to put a "-" option after the file name
in a command line?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ mkdir a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ touch a/b
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ rm a
rm: cannot remove `a': Is a directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ rm a -rf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ ls a
ls: a: No such file or directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ rm --version
rm (coreutils) 5.2.1
Observed in somebody else's shell script. Rubs me very much the wrong way.
carl
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