misc/115184: Update to Can't delete certain types of files

[John S. Strock]

>Number:         115184
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Update to Can't delete certain types of files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug 03 21:40:01 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John S. Strock
>Release:        6.2
>Organization:
Bridgerland Applied Technology College
>Environment:
FreeBSD Server-2.BATC-IT.local 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Feb  6 22:42:34 MST 2007     root at Server-2.BATC-IT.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/Server-2  i386
>Description:
This is an update to the bug I just posted.  I've found a way to remove individual files.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
To delete an individual file, use the following command:

"rm bogusfilename -filenametodelete"

For example, I create a hyphenated filename using the following command:

"cp realfile -newfile"

"rm -newfile" doesn't work, because "rm" thinks "-newfile" is an option.

To delete, type:

"rm whatevernamehere -newfile"

The "whatevernamehere" could be a legitimate file, or one that doesn't exist, either way it'll delete the 2nd file.

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