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Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com

No. Unix shells expands everything on the command line before running the program. So "rm *exclude" and "rm ??exclude" expand to "rm --exclude". The program cannot tell that the "--exclude" was expanded from wildcard values. Quoting Jim Dibb <jimdibb(a)gmail.com>: > Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file > with exclude in it?

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 14 October 2005 10:58 am, Jim Dibb wrote: > Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file > with exclude in it? see original post/fallowup where someone explained why this wont work -mike

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Jim Dibb

Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file with exclude in it? On 10/14/05, Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Friday 14 October 2005 07:12 am, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > > hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i > > > have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any > > > ideas? > > > > Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) > > > > "rm -- --exclude" > > although most tools nowadays support --, you could also do: > rm ./--exclude > -mike > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 14 October 2005 07:12 am, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i > > have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any > > ideas? > > Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) > > "rm -- --exclude" although most tools nowadays support --, you could also do: rm ./--exclude -mike

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I cheat and let Konqueror delete it for me. Right click...MoveToTrash. :-) - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDT6LSHl0iXDssISsRAr6CAJ9tN15Myew9r21QqCTpydGjVIBUAgCfRsgF fiwwT+X8P6YEO6xlIMLmGNY= =+/h3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Karl Hiramoto

Thanks, Actually i figured it out after doing some RTFM rm --help even showed how to do it. Theo Van Dinter wrote: >On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > >>hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i >>have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any ideas? >> >> > >Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) > >"rm -- --exclude" > > > >># rm -i * >>rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' >> >> > >the shell expanded * to include --exclude which reads as an option. > > > >># rm -f "--exclude" >>rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' >> >> > >ditto. > > > >># rm -f \-\-exclude >>rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' >> >> > >ditto. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> US VOIP: (+1) 603.966.4448 Spain Casa (+34) 951.273.347 Spain Mobil (+34) 617.463.826 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Theo Van Dinter

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i > have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any ideas? Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) "rm -- --exclude" > # rm -i * > rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' the shell expanded * to include --exclude which reads as an option. > # rm -f "--exclude" > rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' ditto. > # rm -f \-\-exclude > rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' ditto. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams

Oct. 14, 2005

deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Karl Hiramoto

hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any ideas? # ls -la total 1648 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 642617 Sep 27 13:54 --exclude drwxr-xr-x 15 karl users 4096 Oct 13 20:16 . drwxr-xr-x 4 karl users 4096 Oct 11 18:17 .. drwxr-xr-x 7 karl users 4096 Sep 27 13:59 .svn # rm -i * rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. # rm -f "--exclude" rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. # rm -f \-\-exclude rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. -- -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org>

Oct. 13, 2005

RE: [Wlug] Finding more detail defined settings.

by Keller, Tim

I went to Google and entered in "Explanation of tcpip settings in /proc" and this was the first hit I got back, which has what I think you are looking for... http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.kernel.obscure.html Tim. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Aramico Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:38 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Finding more detail defined settings. All, can u please help me here..... Where can I get more detail about the description and function for configuration files placed at /proc/sys/net/ipv4 the directory contents of these bellow listed files dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_echo_ignore_all -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ratelimit -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ratemask -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 igmp_max_memberships -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_gc_maxtime -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_gc_mintime -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_maxttl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_minttl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_threshold -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_autoconfig -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_conntrack_max -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_default_ttl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_dynaddr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_forward -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_high_thresh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_low_thresh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_time -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_local_port_range -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_nonlocal_bind -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_no_pmtu_disc dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 neigh dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 route -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_abort_on_overflow -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_adv_win_scale -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_app_win -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_dsack -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_ecn -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_fack -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_fin_timeout -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_intvl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_probes -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_time -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_orphans -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_syn_backlog -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_tw_buckets -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_mem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_orphan_retries -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_reordering -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retrans_collapse -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retries1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retries2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_rfc1337 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_rmem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_sack -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_stdurg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_synack_retries -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_syncookies -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_syn_retries -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_timestamps -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_tw_recycle -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_window_scaling -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_wmem thanks :) _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 13, 2005

Re: [Wlug] Finding more detail defined settings.

by Jeff Kinz

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 11:38:16PM +0700, Aramico wrote: > All, can u please help me here..... > > > > Where can I get more detail about the description and function for > configuration files placed at > /proc/sys/net/ipv4 Most of the best /proc/ documentation is available on your system. /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt Contains assorted, but limited, information about all aspects of the /proc/ directory. /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/sysrq.txt An overview of System Request Key options. /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/sysctl/ A directory containing a variety of sysctl tips, including modifying values that concern the kernel (kernel.txt), accessing file systems (fs.txt), and virtual memory use (vm.txt). /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt, A look at various IP networking options. /usr/src/linux-2.4/ Some of the most authoritative information on /proc/ can be found by reading the kernel source code. Make sure the kernel-source RPM is installed on your system and look in the /usr/src/linux-2.4/ directory for the source code. Adjust the kernel name (linux-2.4) to whatever is appropriate on your system. > > the directory contents of these bellow listed files > dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_echo_ignore_all > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 > icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 > icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ratelimit > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 icmp_ratemask > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 igmp_max_memberships > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_gc_maxtime > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_gc_mintime > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_maxttl > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_minttl > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 inet_peer_threshold > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_autoconfig > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_conntrack_max > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_default_ttl > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_dynaddr > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_forward > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_high_thresh > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_low_thresh > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ipfrag_time > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_local_port_range > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_nonlocal_bind > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 ip_no_pmtu_disc > dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 neigh > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 route > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 > tcp_abort_on_overflow > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_adv_win_scale > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_app_win > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_dsack > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_ecn > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_fack > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_fin_timeout > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_intvl > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_probes > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_keepalive_time > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_orphans > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_syn_backlog > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_max_tw_buckets > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_mem > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_orphan_retries > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_reordering > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retrans_collapse > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retries1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_retries2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_rfc1337 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_rmem > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_sack > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_stdurg > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_synack_retries > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_syncookies > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_syn_retries > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_timestamps > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_tw_recycle > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_window_scaling > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 21:06 tcp_wmem > > > thanks > > :) > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- speech recognition software was used in the composition of this e-mail Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. Â¡Ya no mas!

Oct. 13, 2005