Jim Meyering wrote:
> The general fix will be to make GNU rm (and others, like mv, cp, find,
> tar, etc.) detect that they've blown their stack and to give a proper
> diagnostic.
>
> Eventually I'll probably write something that can remove much
> deeper trees, though still within the limit that a set of
> `active' directory dev/inode pairs fits in virtual memory.
> The set is necessary to do it safely -- otherwise, the program
> could potentially be subverted to remove files that were not
> intended to be removed.
Thanks! OK, I won't be holding my breath while waiting... :-)
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