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"Buford, Rick" wrote:
>
> What would cause a file to suddenly appear in "/", and then totally deny
> that it exists?
> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]# dir | grep tat
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 119 Dec 1 13:33 tat
> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]# rm -f tat
> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]# dir | grep tat
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 119 Dec 1 13:33 tat
> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]#
I use to have this problem a lot. I would screwup key strokes in vi and save a file named something real funky.
If you use rm -- *tat* it will remove it.
Blake