BTW, zsh globbing doesn’t exhibit this behavior! It seems it is only a problem in bash.
-- ---------------------------------------------- ROBERT SWINFORD ---------------------------------------------- robert.swinf...@gmail.com m: (405) 209-2339 ---------------------------------------------- > On Nov 30, 2021, at 1:58 PM, Robert Swinford <robert.swinf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > TWIMC: > > This seems like a bug: https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1465599844299411458 > > I was able to replicate the behavior in a container with coreutils version > 8.30. > > Interestingly, however, rm -rf // only does the following: > > "root@test:~# rm -rf // > rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '//' (same as '/') > rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe" > > I believe illumos has already solved this problem in a POSIX compliant > fashion, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6XQUciI-Sc&t=4903s > > Appreciate your attention to this bug! > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > ROBERT SWINFORD > ---------------------------------------------- > robert.swinf...@gmail.com > m: (405) 209-2339 > ---------------------------------------------- >
