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Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by cobbzilla on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @12:10PM (#13419157)
or perhaps it was the dreaded "rm -rf ${DIR}/*" when $DIR is not defined.
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Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by throwawayish on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @12:49PM (#13419507)
Safe shell coding tip #10451: Variables containing directories always have to end in a slash, and paths may never be built using variables and slashes.
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