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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Delete a file name "-f" Post 69154 by RishiPahuja on Tuesday 12th of April 2005 10:28:30 AM
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How to delete a file with a name starting with "-" ?

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ECACCESS-ASSOCIATION-DELETE(1p) 			User Contributed Perl Documentation			   ECACCESS-ASSOCIATION-DELETE(1p)

NAME
ecaccess-association-delete - Delete Association SYNOPSIS
ecaccess-association-delete -version|-help|-manual ecaccess-association-delete [-debug] [-gateway name] association-name DESCRIPTION
Allow deleting an ECtrans Association. Once deleted the Association can not be retrieved. The History associated with this Association will also be removed from the ECaccess Gateway Database. ARGUMENTS
association-name The name of the Association to delete. OPTIONS
-gateway name This is the name of the ECaccess Gateway where the Association is installed. It is by default the Gateway you are connected to. In order to get the name of your current Gateway you can use the ecaccess-gateway-name command. When using the commands at ECMWF the default Gateway is always "ecaccess.ecmwf.int". -version Display version number and exits. -help Print a brief help message and exits. -manual Prints the manual page and exits. -debug Display the SOAP messages exchanged. EXAMPLES
ecaccess-association-delete -gateway ecaccess.ecmwf.int test Remove the test Association on the ecaccess.ecmwf.int Gateway. ecaccess-association-delete test2 Remove the test2 Association on the default Gateway. SEE ALSO
ecaccess-association-get, ecaccess-association-list, ecaccess-association-protocol, ecaccess-association-put and ecaccess. perl v5.14.2 2012-04-16 ECACCESS-ASSOCIATION-DELETE(1p)
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