extraduder_ire 3 days ago

That was the result of an additional space in the path passed to rm, IIRC.

Though rm /$TARGET where $TARGET is blank is a common enough footgun that --preserve-root exists and is default.

  • cyberax 3 days ago

    Even better, $TARGET might be "/home/user/documents and settings /bin"

    • extraduder_ire 2 days ago

      I believe that is what staticassertion was suggesting. / is a poor example because of --preserve-root being the default.

      • cyberax 2 days ago

        Not quite. The grandparent's example was missing quotes around $TARGET. Which is yet _another_ footgun.

        Without quotes it becomes: `rm -Rf /home/user/documents and settings /bin`