Help! There's a slash '/' in my filename.

Barry Margolin barmar at think.com
Wed Feb 6 15:48:21 AEST 1991


In article <RODNEY.91Feb5155821 at dali.ipl.rpi.edu> rodney at dali.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) writes:
>hey people -- this 'how do I delete a file with a / in it' and it's cousin
>question 'how do I delete a file that starts with -' are in the FAQ.

Where?  I just looked at the comp.unix.questions FAQ, and it only addressed
the problem of filenames beginning with "-" and filenames containing
characters that are special to the shell.  Filenames containing "/" really
do require wizardly powers to deal with.
--
Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.

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