Provide examples of how to remove file names that begin with

a dash in non-getopt implementations.  E.g.:
	rm /home/mpp/-filename
	rm ./-filename

Requested by: bde
This commit is contained in:
Mike Pritchard 1997-04-09 05:04:43 +00:00
parent 05602cc2a2
commit fa10160c65
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=24735

View File

@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
.\" $Id: rm.1,v 1.7 1997/02/22 14:05:26 peter Exp $
.\" $Id: rm.1,v 1.8 1997/04/08 20:27:48 mpp Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 5, 1994
.Dt RM 1
@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ with a dash
.Pq Sq - .
For example:
.Dl rm -- -filename
The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative
path reference. For example:
.Dl rm /home/user/-filename
.Dl rm ./-filename
This is useful for commands that do not use
.Xr getopt 3
to parse the command line arguments.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rmdir 1 ,
.Xr undelete 2 ,