Weird Files...

[mcmanus at AppliedTheory.com (Patrick McManus)]

[Derek Atkins: Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 09:11:37AM -0400]
> Right.. So you need to convince rm that it's a file, not an argument.
> One way of doing this is:
> 
> 	rm ./-f2
> 

yep.. from the "more than one way to skin a cat" school, everybody's
got their favorites..

rm -- -f2

rm ?f2

rm -i * (interactive, so not for scripting.. but useful when you've
         got a directory full of stuff due to a shell script gone
         awry)


int main (int c, char **v)
{
 unlink ("-f2");
}

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