[ILUG] Deleting a file with a "--" prefix

[John P. Looney]

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 04:45:36AM -0400, Roy White mentioned:
> Seeing as how we are on this subject here's one for ya,
> 
> how do I delete the following files...
> =========================================================
> #ls -las | more
> total 869
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:19  unexpected
> 
>               ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:14  unexpected
> 
>              ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:15  unexpected
> 
>             ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:16  unexpected
> 
>  ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
> ==========================================================
> 
> ? any help much appreciated, and how would you go about creating them

 Looks like filesystem corruption. I'd bring it down to single user, and
whip out ye olde "fsck" ASAP.

 Anyone know how to add users to a bugzilla database ? Basically, our
bugzilla admin has smegged off on holidays, and I've no idea how to log in
as an admin and start adding components....and there is no "users" table!

Kate

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