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Old 05-27-2011, 08:30 AM   #16
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Well, I thought the file was created by accident and had to be removed, I did not understand that it was an important file which by accident got the wrong name.
The OP could have been using a GUI when he named the file that way. He might have been using Windows and didn't even know about the Linux command line and "-" options. Or he could have renamed the file that way by accident.
 
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