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 -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"