-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/28/2011 06:54 PM, Steve Ellis wrote: > 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 ./ explicitly specifies the CWD so what is your basis for saying it wont? While I will admit there could be other factors at play for rm recursively working on the systems Ive seen it happen on I can't say with certainty that there was as files like /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc were already removed by the time I had to work on the issue. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJNbFOIAAoJEBgaXYoZ++87XkAIAIzlq2qo6+Y2gG+DVOd0vXfa g9dMYgqhn7Z6UOkbFoLVKY7Jb/fksivp04Np4Y2+psksqrL+6ZqWjCDZVQ4ukwU0 zHFQDpEg4Tw9oXL2qHPVK407XH7ibIp2wKU5nql7X2y3F3qC6ji0l2TzclR18cRm lj/gF+YFUtgEajWf2qgmv9cnCZuRJA5qpL9vwml/DPiEo4D2Bz/hfV9Bl2vvQypY yc+0nhJJZKmG/mnPAnamluU5DnvGr99z2sk01o6zff1J9fznI/pMXC+9gxZWb12W MLVynsp9IHD0Ir63xCsBLXUnJ2NJmvGErcsltQnOmwoppUKT/PyIYwVaFylzNJA= =E6zh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
