Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)

["Greg Wiley" <greg@orthogony.com>]

On Monday, August 20, 2001 2:26 PM, debian@rl76065.cup.hp.com wrote:

> silly me filled up my current directory with a file called
"--remove-files".
> my question is: how the heck to i get rid of this beast????
>
> i've tried

Here is a C program that will do it:

#include <unistd.h>

int main() {
  char *fname = "--remove-files";
  unlink( fname );
  return 0;
}

Hope it helps. -=greg