On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 08:37:50PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:49:55AM -0500, Michael Merten wrote: > > > Umm... wouldn't a simple > > > rm '--excude=files.txt' > > > work?? > > No. The problem is rm trying to interpret --exclude as an option, not > the shell being clever. >
Ok, I got it now. I tried to 'touch --exclude=files.txt' and got the 'unknown option' error. So... touch ./--exclude=files.txt worked ok, as did rm ./--exclude=files.txt Mike -- Michael Merten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --> NRA Life Member (http://www.nra.org) --> Debian GNU/Linux Fan (http://www.debian.org) --> CenLA-LUG Member (http://www.angelfire.com/la2/cenlalug) -- It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro, Georgia.