[Bug 102621] New: Directory name or file name staring with '-' cannot be handled through command line,i.e.,terminal

[Bug 102621] New: Directory name or file name staring with '-' cannot be handled through command line,i.e.,terminal

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            Bug ID: 102621
           Summary: Directory name or file name staring with '-' cannot be
                    handled through command line,i.e.,terminal
           Product: File System
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 3.16.7-21-desktop
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: ext2
          Assignee: fs_ext2@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
          Reporter: saptarshinag620@gmail.com
        Regression: No

Firstly,one cannot create a directory or a file through command-line with its
name starting with '-'. That is one cannot give command like 'mkdir -test' or
'touch -test' where '-test' is the directory name and file name
respectively.But in other way,one can easily create or work with such directory
or file in GUI,but that file or directory cannot be accessed or handled through
command-line.It has been tested in Suse Linux and Ubuntu,maybe it is universal
bug for linux

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[Bug 102621] Directory name or file name staring with '-' cannot be handled through command line,i.e.,terminal

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Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> ---
Not a bug, kernel or otherwise.  You're simply seeing mkdir & touch interpret
"-t" as an option.  Preface with "./" to avoid this:

[sandeen@sandeen ~]$ mkdir ./-testdir
[sandeen@sandeen ~]$ cd ./-testdir
[sandeen@sandeen -testdir]$ pwd
/home/sandeen/-testdir
[sandeen@sandeen -testdir]$ touch ./-test
[sandeen@sandeen -testdir]$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-rw-r--. 1 sandeen sandeen 0 Aug 10 12:34 -test

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--- Comment #2 from Saptarshi Nag <saptarshinag620@gmail.com> ---
Hi Eric,thanks for explaining this,it works now

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Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

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--- Comment #3 from dmsfuddid@gmail.com ---
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2015년 8월 10일 (월) 오후 6:38, <bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org>님이 작성:

> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102621
>
>             Bug ID: 102621
>            Summary: Directory name or file name staring with '-' cannot be
>                     handled through command line,i.e.,terminal
>            Product: File System
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 3.16.7-21-desktop
>           Hardware: All
>                 OS: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: ext2
>           Assignee: fs_ext2@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
>           Reporter: saptarshinag620@gmail.com
>         Regression: No
>
> Firstly,one cannot create a directory or a file through command-line with
> its
> name starting with '-'. That is one cannot give command like 'mkdir -test'
> or
> 'touch -test' where '-test' is the directory name and file name
> respectively.But in other way,one can easily create or work with such
> directory
> or file in GUI,but that file or directory cannot be accessed or handled
> through
> command-line.It has been tested in Suse Linux and Ubuntu,maybe it is
> universal
> bug for linux
>
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Mauricio Faria de Oliveira (mfo@canonical.com) changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Mauricio Faria de Oliveira (mfo@canonical.com) ---
(In reply to Eric Sandeen from comment #1)
> Not a bug, kernel or otherwise.  You're simply seeing mkdir & touch
> interpret "-t" as an option.  Preface with "./" to avoid this:

One can also use '--' to stop parsing for options, e.g.,

$ touch -- -test

$ mkdir -- -test-dir

$ ls -1d -- -test*
-test
-test-dir

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--- Comment #5 from Theodore Tso (tytso@mit.edu) ---
(Note that this bug is five years old, and was closed years ago.  The only
reason why it got activity recently is because a spammer tried to upload a
malware / phishing attachment to kernel bugzilla.)

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