[X-Unix] Files Whose Names Begin With "."

[Rod Buchanan]

On 11/24/04 9:23 AM, "Craig A. Finseth" <fin at finseth.com> wrote:

> Be carefult though: since it doesn't care, you can get into a lot of
> trouble.  For example, NEVER DO:
> 
> rm -R .*
> 
> Unless you want everything in your current directory deleted (:-).

AND the parent directory!  If you want a test run

    ls -l .*

and note what it displays.

-- 
Rod

The box said "Use Windows 95 or better," so I got a Macintosh