topic Re: Cannot Delete a File in Operating System - HP-UX

Cannot Delete a File

Peter Maitland — Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:26:20 GMT

How do I delete a file that is named -i ? I cannot seem to delete it no matter what I do. Help would be appreciated.

Peter

Re: Cannot Delete a File

Wieslaw Krajewski — Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:28:05 GMT

Hi,

For example:
cd /directory
rm ./-i

Re: Cannot Delete a File

Rob Smith — Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:28:21 GMT

Hi, try rm -- -i or ls -il to get the inode number and then change into the directory and find . -inum inode_number -exec rm {} \; to get rid of it. Hope this helps.

Rob

Re: Cannot Delete a File

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:32:04 GMT

cd to desired directory
ls -i to get inode_number
then
find . -inum inode_number -exec rm {} \;
that's it.

Re: Cannot Delete a File

Dan Bonham — Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:32:26 GMT

rm -- -i wil work. Some Administrators will put a file called -i in an important directory to protect it from accidental deletion.

Re: Cannot Delete a File

eric stewart — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 11:58:17 GMT

I would like to compliment the users who answered this question. I had my own round about way of doing it but yours are so much better and easier. I was also impressed with the comment about adding the -i file to a directory where you do not want thing to be removed inadvertantly. I know I have done it.
Thanks again.

Re: Cannot Delete a File

Rajeev Tyagi — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:12:37 GMT

You can also use rm in interactive mode.
Eg.
rm -i ./*

just say y to the file you want to delete.