Sten Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When executing "rm -rf" on a directory-tree that is really deep, rm
> segfaults. After reading rm.c and remove.c it's clear that the stack
> that is used to push and pop CWD onto breaks (sooner or later).
>
> The "segmentation fault" error isn't the most user-friendly error
> feedback in this case, since Joe Luser has no clue what went wrong...

Thanks for the report, but I suspect that's been fixed.

  [4.0s] 2000-05-20
  * rm no longer segfaults on certain very deep hierarchies

Which version of rm are you using?

The latest official release is here:
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fileutils/fileutils-4.1.tar.gz

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