On Wednesday 23 May 2001 09:30, you wrote:
> Quote it ?
Proinnsias, I'm ashamed of you.
Quote parsing is performed by the *shell*, and option parsing is
performed by the *command*. Quoting the name won't make any
difference to what 'rm' sees.
> rm "--preserve-permissions"
> should do it
It would be a good idea if people actually *tried* their solutions
before passing them on as advice...
Colm
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You sound reasonable... Time to up my medication.
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