Re: dare I?

From: Pugliese, Edward (s11018_at_SLK.COM)
Date: 05/29/03

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    Date:         Thu, 29 May 2003 16:35:53 -0400
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    You could always do "rm -i \*" to be on the safe side. Backslash removes
    special meaning and "-i" will prompt before removing the file.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Shawn Bierman [mailto:BiermanS@METHODISTHEALTH.ORG]
    Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:16 PM
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    Subject: dare I?

    There is a file in my root filesystem named "*", without the quotes.

    Dare I try to remove this! One slip and it could be ugly.

    -shawn

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