Thanks for the response. It appears that rm-rf doesn't follow links after all.
pesarif On Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:21, ltiu wrote: > Test it on a temporary directory with temporary links to useless files > located somewhere else. See if the useless files are still there after the > test. > > On Saturday 03 November 2001 16:46, pesarif wrote: > > Sorry for posting two messages to the list at the same time but...:) > > > > I was just wondering whether or not: > > > > su > > md afolder > > cd afolder > > ln -s / root > > cd .. > > rm -rf afolder > > > > would erase my entire filesystem? > > As you may have guessed, I am not in a position to try this :) > > > > I ask this because cp -r follows links, unless -d is used. > > However, there isn't an equivalent option for rm. > > > > So does rm follow links? > > > > Thanks again,
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