On 2/28/2011 3:23 PM, Larry Brower wrote: > > I would say this all depends on the application being invoked and would > still say it is bad to just use * as opposed to say ./* > > I can't count the number of people Ive seen do things like rm -rf * in a > directory and it recursively started working on / and /bin etc... Not to be a pest, but if you worry about '*' expanding to include dotfiles, then why do you think that './*' is safe? Furthermore, '*' expansion is handled by the shell, not the application--in other words, dotglob rules the day. The '*' there will just as well include dotfiles (i.e., it won't unless dotglob is set as another poster indicated). I definitely agree that caution is warranted when using '*' in any command that can do horrible things to your files, especially for things like 'rm -rf', but don't travel under the misconception that './*' is going to save your bacon--because it won't. -se -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
