From 760778bbe9b9ee41f2757329f5a502044fa079c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 05:04:43 +0000
Subject: Provide examples of how to remove file names that begin with a dash
 in non-getopt implementations.  E.g.: 	rm /home/mpp/-filename 	rm ./-filename

Requested by: bde
---
 bin/rm/rm.1 | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'bin/rm')

diff --git a/bin/rm/rm.1 b/bin/rm/rm.1
index 6a0eede..55f7851 100644
--- a/bin/rm/rm.1
+++ b/bin/rm/rm.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)rm.1	8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
-.\"	$Id: rm.1,v 1.7 1997/02/22 14:05:26 peter Exp $
+.\"	$Id: rm.1,v 1.8 1997/04/08 20:27:48 mpp Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd December 5, 1994
 .Dt RM 1
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ with a dash
 .Pq Sq - .
 For example:
 .Dl rm -- -filename
+The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative
+path reference.  For example:
+.Dl rm /home/user/-filename
+.Dl rm ./-filename
+This is useful for commands that do not use
+.Xr getopt 3
+to parse the command line arguments.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr rmdir 1 ,
 .Xr undelete 2 ,
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