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Interesting :) > drwxrwxr-x 3 edp edp 4096 Jan 7 15:19 . > drwx------ 7 edp edp 4096 Jan 7 15:18 .. > -rw-rw-r-- 1 edp edp 1963 Jan 7 13:03 bios.txt > -rw-rw-r-- 1 edp edp 4268 Nov 15 2001 -rvf > drwxrwxr-x 2 edp edp 4096 Jan 7 15:19 test > [edp@edp0 test]$ rm * rm * will be expanded by shell to "rm bios.txt -rvf test" after removing bios.txt the command will become "rm -rvf test" , which is valid for directory removal. always use -- while issuing rm command Richard -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
