Re: delete ~ directory

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• Subject: Re: delete ~ directory
• From: Dave Cross <dave@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:14:57 +0100
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 01:07:07PM +0500, Vano Beridze wrote:
> Dave Cross wrote:
> 
> >In general, you can use "problematic" characters in a filename by escaping
> >them with '\'.
> >
> >rm \~
>
> rm \~
> rm: cannot remove `~': Is a directory

Sorry. Misread your question.

rmdir \~

Dave...

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