On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Shell will not normally expand * to a name beginning with ".". Agreed. A tempest in a teapot. If it did, any command with * will affect the entire filesystem as everything is linked to levels above it with ".." FC -- 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