GNU bug report logs - #22998
File removal bug

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Avineshwar Singh <asingh16 <at> stevens.edu>

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 17:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Avineshwar Singh <asingh16 <at> stevens.edu>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: File removal bug
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:33:22 -0500

Hi.

Let's say I manage to create a file named "-filename.extension". It's not being removed using "rm -filename.extension", however, it is being removed using "/filepath/-filename.extension".
There is a potential fix for this. It is existing in Ubuntu, Fedora, NetBSD, FreeBSD and OmniOS, atleast.
This bug report was last modified 9 years and 131 days ago.

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