Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:31:15 -0400 From: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm(1) bug, possibly serious Message-ID: <54db43990709261331h66878faejf757a9fb4b92ece6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070926171503.GC3062@dan.emsphone.com> References: <54db43990709251838q68bdba95iefefb43029761c34@mail.gmail.com> <200709261447.l8QElua3058752@lurza.secnetix.de> <20070926171503.GC3062@dan.emsphone.com>
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On 9/26/07, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 26), Oliver Fromme said: > > Bob Johnson wrote: > > > Maybe. But I expect that the behavior for "rm -rf .." is there so > > > that things don't get REALLY astonishing when you do "rm -rf *". > > > > The expansion of "*" does not include "." or "..". > > Under /bin/sh, ".*" does match "." and "..", so be careful :) That's what I meant... thanks. Applies to bash, too. - Bob
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