Re: [Plug] emacs files

["Jason S." <jason@sn.com>]

Or you can go to the directory where it is and
rm "./#foo"

Annother fun trick is to create a file called -annoy
Great fun with the new users :)

The same trick appiles to removing them. Escape the 'special'
characters, or use ./ or the full path.

rm ./-annoy
rm /home/jason/-annoy


J.

When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.  

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Kyle Burton wrote:

> One problem is that '#' denots a comment to the shell.
> 
> Try backslash escaping the '#', eg:  \#filename\# 
> 
> or put it in single quotes:  '#filename#'
> 
> when trying to remove it.
> 
> 
> k
> 
> 
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> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Daniel K. Spicer wrote:
> 
> > When I edit a file in emacs, it creates files named #filename#
> > When I try to rm, mv, or cp these files, I get an error as though the
> > files don't exist.
> > 
> > What kind of files are these, and how can I get rid of them ??
> > 
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