On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 07:53:23PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:35:48PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > Note that: > > rm -rf /home/* won't get rid of those pesky dot files > > rm -rf /home/.* gets rid of a little bit too much... > > Doh! Yeah, you're right. Forgot that many tools ignore hidden files > with no option to *not* ignore hidden files.
The option's certainly there, at least if bash is your shell. 'shopt -s dotglob' (which won't cause * to include . and ..); 'shopt -u dotglob' turns it back off. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
