On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 12:47:49PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> About "rm -rf", the article says:
>
> The code usually deleted specific parts of a server or
> computer, but because this code didn't have a specified
> target, it deleted everything.
>
> This isn't true of the rm(1) command. No operand means delete nothing.
>
> The story does not ring true for other reasons. But it could be.
It is written wrong. Elsewhere it explained that it was rm -rf
${foo}/${bar} with both environment variables empty which hence means
rm -rf /
So yes, far from empty arguments to rm. Empty environment variables.
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Len Sorensen
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