[PLUG] What does this mean?

[Bill Spears]

On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 14:16, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   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

You're tired, try *~.
Regards
-- 
Bill Spears <bspears at easystreet.com>