Weird directory entries

[Rowdy]

Hugo wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>>From times to times I get weird directory entries on a 4.8-RELEASE-p13
> server.
> 
> some examples:
> 
> [root at horus:/stand]: dir | head
> total 71298
> -r-xr-xr-x  33 root  wheel  - 2181808 Apr  3  2003 -sh*
> drwxr-x---   5 root  wheel  -    1024 Oct 15 20:16 ./
> drwxr-x--x  19 root  wheel  -     512 Mar  2 00:01 ../
> 
> // -sh* ?
> 
> [root at horus:/]: dir /home/killer/
> total 482
> -rw-r--r--    1 killer  www    -   2235 Mar 12 01:24 -v
> drwxr-x---    9 killer  www    -   1024 Mar 15 17:11 ./
> drwxr-x--x  121 root    wheel  -   2560 Mar 15 20:35 ../
> -rw-r--r--    1 root    wheel  -    800 Oct 18 23:02 .cshrc
> -rw-------    1 root    wheel  -   1572 Oct 18 16:44 .history
> 
> // -v ?
> 
> I don't know what these could be, does anyone have any idea?
> 
> Thanks
> 

I've had a similar sort of thing if I inadvertantly place a pipe or 
redirection symbol in the middle of a command line, e.g. "ls > -l".

If you look at the contents of the files should give you a clue as to 
what they are.

Dave