delete ~ directory

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 19.04.2004 schrieb Alexander Dalloz um 17:14:

> Am Mo, den 19.04.2004 schrieb Martin Stone um 17:09:
> 
> > No.  "rm -rf -- ~" absolutely WILL expand the ~ and remove your home directory! 
> >   The expansion of "~" is done by bash, not the rm command.  The -- only tells 
> > rm not to treat what follows as an option; it does not tell bash not to expand 
> > "~".  I would hope that you would test before posting such inaccurate and 
> > dangerous advice.
> 
> Hm, sorry! I will urgently test the case. Thank you for the response.
> 
> Alexander

Ok, thanks to the urgent warning by Martin Stone I rechecked my hint and
am willing to cancel it hereby! Feels like a brain bug ;) *awkward*

Of course the usage of "--" will not stop the bash expanding. It only is
useful in conjunction with the other cases I mentioned too (accidentally
created file/directory called "-f" for instance).

Alexander


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