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Re: Shell commands in deleted directories
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Antoine Levitt |
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Re: Shell commands in deleted directories |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:21:38 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
13/02/11 22:07, Paul Eggert
> On 02/13/2011 01:02 PM, Antoine Levitt wrote:
>> + /* If current_dir is unreachable (typically, does not exist), use
>> + ~/ as default */
>
> This looks like a bad idea. Suppose I run the shell
> command "rm *" in a deleted directory?
> The change would cause me to remove files in
> my home directory. Better safe than sorry.
Mmh, true. But then again, if you're using "rm *" as a shell command
without being absolutely sure where you are, you're just asking for
trouble. But it's a valid point, and there might be other commands which
might have undesirable/confusing side effects when run from ~/. It might
even be a problem for the first test:
current_dir = Funhandled_file_name_directory (current_dir);
if (NILP (current_dir))
/* If the file name handler says that current_dir is unreachable, use
a sensible default. */
current_dir = build_string ("~/");
I don't see how to resolve this, though.
Re: Shell commands in deleted directories, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/02/13
Re: Shell commands in deleted directories, Stefan Monnier, 2011/02/14