Public bug reported:
Command rm -rf .
writes:
rm: cannot remove directory: ‘.’
That is OK. But it does not delete the content of the dir ‘.’. Command rm -rf *
is not the alternative because
1) it does not include hidden files/directories,
2) number of files could exceed max command line length.
Alternative is: find . -delete, but I vote for repairing the rm command.
Commands to reproduce:
mkdir tmp_rm_test
cd tmp_rm_test
echo a>.a
mkdir b
ls -A
rm -rf .
ls -A
find . -delete
ls -A
cd ..
rmdir tmp_rm_test
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: coreutils 8.20-3ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.12-lowlatency 3.11.10.4
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-lowlatency i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 25 09:57:39 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: coreutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-24 (152 days ago)
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy
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rm -rf . does not delete content of the dir
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