GNU bug report logs - #10819
[BUG][RM]

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "jeremy.magrin <at> epitech.eu" <jeremy.magrin <at> epitech.eu>

Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: "Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker <at> siemens-enterprise.com>

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From: "jeremy.magrin <at> epitech.eu" <jeremy.magrin <at> epitech.eu>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: [BUG][RM]
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:05:43 +0100

Hello,

I'm writing to you to inform you of a possible bug in the linux "rm" command.
I've experienced that when using by error the said command as following :
"rm - rf#*"
if there is no file named #*# (* being the same as in the console, anything) in the current directory, rm quits as expected because of the incorrect syntax.
But if there is a file named #*#, rm deletes all the current file's content except the said file.

Regards,

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MAGRIN Jérémy
{Epitech.} - Bordeaux
Promo : 2016
mail : jeremy.magrin <at> epitech.eu
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