[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
List: netbsd-help
Subject: Re: Removing a file "-al"
From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed () reedmedia ! net>
Date: 2001-04-23 17:39:51
[Download RAW message or body]
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Kevin P. Neal wrote:
> Just about all command line Unix programs use getopt() for argument
> parsing, so just about all command line Unix program will allow this
> trick to work:
This is described in the getopt manual page: "The special option ``--'' is
used to delimit the end of the options."
But it is not described in the rmdir manual page. I wonder if a note
about this should be added to the rmdir manual page.
You also could have simply done:
rmdir ls -al ## the first time
Jeremy C. Reed
http://www.reedmedia.net/
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]
Configure |
About |
News |
Add a list |
Sponsored by KoreLogic