On 9/25/07, Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Today I noticed the following behaviour on a 6-stable > machine: > > $ cd /tmp > $ mkdir -p foo/var > $ cd foo/bar > $ rm -rf ../ > rm: ../: Invalid argument > $ rm -rf ../ > $ > > Note that the command "rm -rf ../" was entered twice. > The first time I got an error message (and exit code 1), > the second time it apparently succeeded. The very same > command. > > Further investigation: > > $ cd /tmp > $ mkdir -p foo/var > $ cd foo/bar > $ rm -rf ../ > rm: ../: Invalid argument > $ ls -al .. > ls: ..: No such file or directory > $ ls /tmp/foo/bar > ls: /tmp/foo/bar: No such file or directory > > That means: Even though "rm -rf ../" prints an error > message, indicating that the argument is invalid, it > *DOES* remove the contents of the parent directory! > > To add further confusion, another "rm -rf ../" does > not print an error message and seemingly succeeds, > even though ".." does not exist anymore in the current > directory (which has been removed). > > Shall I file a PR? Or is rm working correctly, and > my assumptions are wrong? > > Best regards > Oliver
Confirmed on CURRENT as well. Note that if you run rf -rf .. as the first command, the command does fail with 'rm: "." and ".." may not be removed'. Adding a / at the end does seem to get around this check. - Max _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"