On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:29:35 -0700
Hemal Pandya <hemalpandya@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:06:29 -0400 (EDT), Michael Sharp <ms.probsd@org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm having a brain freeze tonight and apparently forgot some
> > basic UNIX commands..
> >
> > what is the command to remove the file "--directory"
> >
> > rm *directory* = nope
> > rm "*directory*" = nope
> > rm \-\-\directory = nope
> > rm -i * = nope and dosent even see the file
> rm ./-directory
funny, though i tried these on a test directory...
rm ./-test
rm -- --test
...neither worked for me. admittedly, both suggestions are new to me
and i'm likely 'misreading' the statements. anyhoo, i've always had
success deleting directories with:
rm -r
rm -rf # if i'm lazy and want to save myself a 'y' and an 'enter', or
simply don't feel like being second guessed. :)
epi
>
> >
> > Also, if I'm in / and want to tar the entire filesystem
> > EXCLUDING the
> > directory jail ( /jail ) what would be the switches to tar?
> >
> Lookup --exclude in man tar. You want :
> $ tar cvf file.tar --exclude jail .
> > Dana
> >
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