Re: rm

[Andreas Schwab]

Frederick Alexander Thomssen <address@hidden> writes:

> Frederick Thomssen <FThomssen <at> FreddyAT.net> writes:
>> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> there is something unlogical in rm.. you cannot delete '.' or '..' - that's 
>> ok, but you can delete $PWD (or ../[current directory]).
>> 
>> I just wanted to tell you if you did not already know that...
>> 
>> cya, freddy
>
> Hey, it's now four years ago that I wrote you about this problem and it's 
> still 
> not fixed :'-(

There is nothing wrong with removing $PWD.

Andreas.

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