Re: mkdir

[Bob Proulx]

> rmdir and mkdir do not work well on directory's that start with '-'
> (please do not blame me if files starting with - should not exist
> because it is not standard)

> drwxr-xr-x    2 sax      users        1024 Apr  5 17:06 -=3D bar =3D-
> [17:10:01] swamp% rmdir -=3D\ bar\ =3D-              ~/foo
> rmdir: invalid option -- =3D
> Try `rmdir --help' for more information.

Check out the FAQ:

  
http://www.gnu.org/software/fileutils/doc/faq/core-utils-faq.html#I%20have%20a%20file%20called%20'--help'

Basically:

  rmdir ./-foo
  rmdir -- -foo

Bob