On 2008-07-02 13:00 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/02/08 05:45, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2008-07-02 11:33 +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: >> >>> I've broken my debian/unstable system by executing as root the command >>> # srm -r -d /tmp/.* >> >> Ouch. That seems a good command to run before you sell your hard >> disk. ;-) >> > > Bcause of the "."?
Because of the ".*" which matches .., i.e. /tmp/.. aka / . Unless you use zsh as interactive shell; in zsh .* does not match current and parent directory. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
