Re:How do I prevent accidental rm -rf /*?
by antifuchs on Saturday December 03, 2011 @08:12PM
(#3309486)
The former will gleefully delete all files/directories, even if there exists a directory entry named "-i", without asking.
The difference is in glob expansion: ./* keeps the prefix on every expanded item. As mentioned above, using any sort of path (relative or absolute) prefix when globbing will circumvent all the careful "-i" wards a superstitious sysadmin may have put in place.
The difference is in glob expansion: ./* keeps the prefix on every expanded item. As mentioned above, using any sort of path (relative or absolute) prefix when globbing will circumvent all the careful "-i" wards a superstitious sysadmin may have put in place.