Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:25:04 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> |
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On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:56:18PM +0100, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > Hardlinks have nothing to do with `rmdir .`. See rmdir . as the equivalent > pointed out by Alexander: "rmdir `pwd`". `pwd` returns the same thing
You can't delete immutable directories such as . and .. Plus, don't ever dare to think of interpreting rmdir arguments. Just do what is written. rmdir . makes no sense. If someone wants rmdir `pwd` he's free to write just that. Of course, it's ugly because getcwd and the like are kludges, but you should only delete things you know anyhow.
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