[debbugs-tracker] bug#18537: closed (Problem if folder name includes just '-')

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> Problem if folder name includes just '-'
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> Hello,
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> may I just not find the solution, but I can not solve the following
> problem, so I guess there is no solution jet.
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> I tried to move a folder resp. files in a folder by the mv command.
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> Example: mv ------------------------ NewName
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> The Problem is mv responses 'unknown option' for the folder name. Also
> mv ------------------------/* NewName
> mv \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- NewName
> mv \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-/* NewName
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> In meantime I solved the problem by changing the source folder name. But
> this is a (very specific) problem.
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> Best regards
> Benedikt
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#18537: Problem if folder name includes just '-' Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:54:51 -0600 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0

tag 18537 notabug
thanks

On 09/23/2014 04:49 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hello,
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> may I just not find the solution, but I can not solve the following
> problem, so I guess there is no solution jet.
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> I tried to move a folder resp. files in a folder by the mv command.
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> Example: mv ------------------------ NewName

POSIX requires, and most applications support, the use of '--' to mark
the end of options, forcing the next argument beginning with '-' to be
treated as a literal name rather than an option:

mv -- ------------------ NewName

Also, you can ALWAYS turn a relative pathname into one anchored by a
substring that does not begin with '-':

mv ./------------------ NewName.

This is a FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#How-do-I-remove-files-that-start-with-a-dash_003f

Therefore, I'm closing this as not a bug, although you may feel free to
ask further questions.

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