Re: A file I cannot do anything with

From: P.T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 22:38:37 +0200

Eric <kl7aj@gci.net> wrote:
> Hey! I tried the same thing, and lo and behold, I have now a file
> named "\" that I can't do anything with.

Oh yes you CAN, you simply don't KNOW how (why do people confuse
their capability with their knowledge ...?).

You can do everyting with that file. There is nothing unusual about it.

> Thanks a heap! LOL
> Well, obviously, \ is not a valid file name,

Of course it is! What makes you think it isn't? The only character that
I can think off right now that is not allowed in a file name is '/'.
And '\0', of course, as that follows after.

> so it must be a
> mysterious reserved function in unix. More investigation is called for!

No, it is not reserved, there is no mystery. Please stop confusing
yourself. Just type

    rm \\

Peter

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