that is exactly what I was thinking.... thanks. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Carruth, Rusty < Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: > Mr kitepilot didn’t finish the story, which is: “By convention, files name > ‘.something’ are not shown in an ‘ls’ listing, nor do they match file > globbing on the command line unless you explicitly include the leading > period.” (And I may have forgotten other places that leading periods have > an effect, but I think that’s it)**** > > ** ** > > Thus you would have matched .*lock* and .*k and .*lo* and even .~* > (assuming I am reading your filename right.)**** > > ** ** > > Rusty**** > > *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto: > plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *Michael > Havens > *Sent:* Monday, July 02, 2012 1:56 PM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* Re: Can't save... insufficient user rights**** > > ** ** > > it doesn't like 'rm *lock* but only when I entered '.~lock*' instead of > the wildcard at the beginning.**** > > On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:51 PM, kitepilot@com > > wrote:**** > > There are not 'invisible files'. > There is a 'convention' that states that files named '.something' are not > shown in a 'ls' listing it doesn't like 'rm *lock* unless some specific > switches are used. **** > > The 'dot' at the beginning, however *IS* part of the name of the file. > Try a: > find . -type f > and you will find it every time. > ET > > **** > > ** ** > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: