GNU bug report logs - #12339
Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it is documented to do so.

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Message #104 received at 12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Linda A. Walsh" <law <at> tlinx.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Jim Meyering <meyering <at> redhat.com>,
	"12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#12339: [PATCH] rm: avoid bogus diagnostic for a
	slash-decorated symlink-to-dir
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:58:38 -0700

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Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 09/04/2012 06:55 PM, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
>  
>   
>> So how do delete all files in the directory without wild cards?
>>     
>
> Why tie your hands behind your back?  Use wild cards:
>
>   cd DIRECTORY && rm -fr * .[!.] .??*
>
> If you do this a lot, put it into a shell script.
> It's not like the need is all that common, for most people,
> but if you need it that's what scripts are for.
>
> If you fiddle with your shell settings about
> how wildcards are expanded, make
> sure your script does wildcards in the standard way.
>   
---
   I'm not talking for interactive use... I'm talking for use in a script
that might run on systems that are not mine -- so I can't rely on shell 
settings.

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