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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