10-06-2006
How to delete a weird file name
Hi,
How do I delete a file name that starts with a hypen?
e.g. -unix_file_2006_10_3
I always get an erroe when I use rm command. I am using Solaris.
Thanks,
Hi,
One of the Unix books I read to remove this weird file suggest to use:
"rm ./-unix_file_2006_10_3"
which I did today and file went away.
According to the book the "./" just say " in this directory" that is all it does -without it Unix thinks that the dash is an option of some unix commands that was erroneuosly entered.
Thanks you all for responding.
Last edited by XZOR; 10-06-2006 at 02:33 PM..
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ns_chmod
ns_file(3aolserver) AOLserver Built-In Commands ns_file(3aolserver)
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NAME
ns_chmod, ns_cp, ns_cpfp, ns_ftruncate, ns_link, ns_mkdir, ns_rename, ns_rmdir, ns_symlink, ns_truncate, ns_unlink - File manipulation com-
mands
SYNOPSIS
ns_chmod option ?arg arg ...?
ns_cp option ?arg arg ...?
ns_cpfp option ?arg arg ...?
ns_ftruncate option ?arg arg ...?
ns_link option ?arg arg ...?
ns_mkdir option ?arg arg ...?
ns_rename option ?arg arg ...?
ns_rmdir option ?arg arg ...?
ns_symlink option ?arg arg ...?
ns_truncate option ?arg arg ...?
ns_unlink option ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION
ns_chmod filename mode
Change a file's access permissions. ns_chmod changes the specified file's permissions to mode, in the same manner as the Unix
chmod(1) command-line utility.
ns_cp -preserve file1 file2
Copy one file to another. ns_cp copies the contents of file1 to file2, just like the Unix "cp" command. The default directory is
the home directory for the server. If -preserve is specified, the copied file will retain the creation time, modification time,
owner, and mode of the original file, just like the Unix "cp -p" command.
ns_cpfp fileid1 fileid2 ?nbytes?
Copy a specified number of bytes from one file to another. ns_cpfp copies information from one file (fileid1) to another (fileid2).
If you specify a number of bytes in the nbytes argument, only the specified number of bytes will be copied. By default, the entire
file is copied.
ns_ftruncate fileid ?length?
Truncate an open file to a specified length. ns_ftruncate causes the open file specified by fileid to have a size of length bytes.
If length is not specified, it causes the file to have a size of zero bytes. The file must be open and be a regular file.
ns_link ?-nocomplain? filename1 filename2
Create a link. ns_link creates a link named filename2 that points to the file specified by filename1. If the link fails, a Tcl
error is generated, unless -nocomplain is specified.
ns_mkdir path
Create a directory. ns_mkdir creates the directory named PATH, just like the Unix mkdir command. By default, under Unix the direc-
tory is created with the file permissions set to 0755 (rwxr-xr-x.). These permissions can be modified by setting the umask parameter
for the server.
ns_rename file1 file2
Rename a file. ns_rename renames the first file (file1) to the file name specified by file2. Make sure that the files and the
directories in which the files exist are read/write accessible to the username that's running the AOLserver.
ns_rmdir path
Remove a directory. ns_rmdir removes the directory named path, just like the Unix rmdir command. The directory must already be
empty.
ns_unlink [-nocomplain] filename
Remove a file. ns_unlink attempts to remove the file filename. If -nocomplain is not passed in and the removal fails, a Tcl error
is generated.
ns_truncate filename ?length?
Truncate a file to a specified length. ns_truncate causes the file specified by filename to have a size of length bytes. If length
is not specified, it causes filename to have a size of zero bytes. The file must exist and be a regular file.
ns_unlink [-nocomplain] filename
Remove a file. ns_unlink attempts to remove the file filename. If -nocomplain is not passed in and the removal fails, a Tcl error
is generated.
SEE ALSO
ns_chmod, ns_cp, ns_cpfp, ns_ftruncate, ns_link, ns_mkdir, ns_rename, ns_rmdir, ns_symlink, ns_truncate, ns_unlink
KEYWORDS
AOLserver 4.0 ns_file(3aolserver)