Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 17:19:58 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <paul.schmehl@gmail.com> To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem deleting files Message-ID: <E90E9AD551526FDA45C57E3A@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011556150.48232@ary.local> References: <20180701202153.A94AA28BD3C2@ary.local> <010DDED160955AC68C7EFA46@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <alpine.OSX.2.21.1807011556150.48232@ary.local>
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--On July 1, 2018 at 4:01:48 PM -0500 "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: >>> $ rm -rf . >>> >>> (Be really sure you're in the right directory.) >> >> Yes, I did. It returned argument list too long. > > Not to contradict you, but the phrase "too long" does not appear in the > source code to the rm program, and I am reasonably sure it does not > produce that message. On the other hand the shell does produce that > message when expanding wild cards. So are you sure you tried this: > > $ rm -rf . > > and not this? > > $ rm -rf * > > They're not the same. > # rm -fr . rm: "." and ".." may not be removed # rm -fr * bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long > Regards, > John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for > Dummies", > Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Paul Schmehl Independent Researcher
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