From: charles AT pentek DOT com (Charles Krug) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: rm @manifest.mft under bash? Date: 26 Jul 2001 13:34:41 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <7458-Tue24Jul2001191227+0300-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> <996000833 DOT 294032 AT queeg DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.158.181.210 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.0 (SunOS) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:53:53 +0000 (UTC), Martin Str|mberg wrote: > Charles Krug wrote: >:>> When I uninstall a package, I do: >:>> >:>> rm @manifest/gcc.2.95.3b.mft >:>> >:>> But that doesn't work under bash. > >: "Doesn't work" meaning that it complained and didn't perform the deletion. > > Isn't the command you should use "rm -f @the_package.mft"? > Yip. -f switch took care of it under bash. But it didn't seem to be needed under dos. Anyway, it works. I probably perpetuated an error and just "remembered" that it didn't work. I'm a good deal more rigorous at work. Thanx