[PLUG] What does this mean?

[Rich Shepard]

  In a directory, as root, I tried to execute the following command:
                                    rm .~

Instead of having all backup files deleted, I saw this:
              rm: cannot lstat `.~': No such file or directory

  I'd like to learn what I broke (probably related to the mass movement of
/usr/local from the RH 7.3 system to the Slack 9.1 system) that affects rm.

  Any ideas? I can remove the files if I specify each one fully, but not
with a wildcard expansion.

Thanks,

Rich

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