Here's my output from it.
[root@curly root]# rm -f/var/lib/rpm/__db*
rm: invalid option -- /
Try `rm --help' for more information.
[root@curly root]# rm --help
Usage: rm [OPTION]... FILE...
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).
-d, --directory unlink FILE, even if it is a non-empty directory
(super-user only)
-f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
-i, --interactive prompt before any removal
-r, -R, --recursive remove the contents of directories recursively
-v, --verbose explain what is being done
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo',
use one of these commands:
rm -- -foo
rm ./-foo
Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover
the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the contents are
truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.
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[root@curly root]#
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Messmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: LinNeighborhood
> On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 15:50, John Salamone wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 15:29, John Salamone wrote:
> > > > The remove command didn't work. It came back and said rm: invalid
> > option --
> > > > /
> > >
> > > > > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
> > >
> > > Try again and make sure you enter the command exactly as it is above.
> > > Cut and past it.
> >
> > same result as before
>
> Well, then, I'm not sure what to tell you. If I cut and paste that
> command, I don't get errors. There is only one option to rm, and that
> is "-f".
>
> It may be that there's some problem cut-n-pasting between an old X
> application and a new terminal (with the UTF-8 changes, I've seen it
> happen), but somehow or other you're going to need to type that command
> and remove those files.
>
>
>
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