On 20/11/2013 16:03, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
$ src/rm -r src/. src/rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping 'src/.'
That gets back to what Bob mentioned about it being a nanny-restriction. The inevitable comment to be asked by someone is "Refuse? Isn't it my computer? How do I override such a refusal? I seem to remember reading that the "-f" flag was specifically added to override such such a refusal w/no further comment." Answer: well, yeah it was, but they caught MS-itus, and wanted to put in "are you really sure? (y/[n])", but weren't allowed to ask more questions, so it just wins because its not your system anymore. **- Is it true that you can override this with -supercalifragilisticexpialidocious flag? 1/2:-) I still think an ENV flag that lists the command and behavior to override would be a specific enough, yet generally enough solution to safely make a case for allowing it. I.e. _EXPERT_="rm(.) command(feature1 feature2) find(.error)"
