[SWLUG] Network backups

[Dave Cridland]

On Tue Sep 12 17:37:12 2006, Chris M. Jackson wrote:
> In this case, it is the input to "cat" on the remote machine.  Be
> warned that lots of programs let you do this, but others will just
> create a file called "-".

As a brief aside, if you do end up with a file called '-', or just 
beginning with '-', then you can remove it safely with a command like:

rm -- -

The double-dash stops command line processing, so the remaining 
arguments (the dash) is treated as a filename and not an option.

You can also do:

rm ./-

Both tricks are especially useful to remember for when you end up 
with a file called '-rf', of course.

This is different from the way to remove files with * or ? in the 
name - enclose those in single quotes to prevent the shell - not rm - 
from expanding them: rm '*'

Dave.
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