Martin Wegmann wrote:
> unfortunately I added 'rm .* ' instead of a 'rm $variable.*' in a
> GRASS script, hence I had to setup a new user account
just to highlight the trap, as I've fallen into it too:
if $variable is unset for some reason, 'rm "$variable".*' becomes
'rm "".*' which is processed by the shell as 'rm .*'
lesson: be very careful with rm, try to anticiapte failure modes, and
set up that rsync cron job to backup your home directory.
Hamish
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