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Problem if folder name includes just '-'

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: en.ko <at> gmx.de
Subject: bug#18537: closed (Re: bug#18537: Problem if folder name includes
 just '-')
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:55:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#18537: Problem if folder name includes just '-'

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 18537 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: en.ko <at> gmx.de, 18537-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18537: Problem if folder name includes just '-'
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:54:51 -0600

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tag 18537 notabug
thanks

On 09/23/2014 04:49 AM, en.ko <at> gmx.de wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> may I just not find the solution, but I can not solve the following
> problem, so I guess there is no solution jet.
> 
> I tried to move a folder resp. files in a folder by the mv command.
> 
> Example: mv ------------------------ NewName

POSIX requires, and most applications support, the use of '--' to mark
the end of options, forcing the next argument beginning with '-' to be
treated as a literal name rather than an option:

mv -- ------------------ NewName

Also, you can ALWAYS turn a relative pathname into one anchored by a
substring that does not begin with '-':

mv ./------------------ NewName.

This is a FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#How-do-I-remove-files-that-start-with-a-dash_003f

Therefore, I'm closing this as not a bug, although you may feel free to
ask further questions.

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From: en.ko <at> gmx.de
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Problem if folder name includes just '-'
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:49:12 +0200

Hello,

may I just not find the solution, but I can not solve the following
problem, so I guess there is no solution jet.

I tried to move a folder resp. files in a folder by the mv command.

Example: mv ------------------------ NewName

The Problem is mv responses 'unknown option' for the folder name. Also
mv ------------------------/* NewName
mv \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- NewName
mv \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-/* NewName
does not work.

In meantime I solved the problem by changing the source folder name. But
this is a (very specific) problem.

Best regards
Benedikt

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