Protection from "rm *"

[Gary Duzan]

In article <1034 at bilver.UUCP> bill at bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion) writes:
=>
=>Now however, I can't seem to figure how to get rid of the -i.  I have tried
=>all variations of quotes, backslashes, wildcards.
=>
=>I know it's something simple, but I just can't seem to think of what it
=>would be this time.
=>

   Many (if not all) rm's will allow "rm - -i". The extra "-" just says there
are no more arguments. Of course, "rm ./-i" should work just about as well.

                                        Gary Duzan
                                        Time  Lord
                                    Third Regeneration



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