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rm : Removes parent directory #6620

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AnirbanHalder654322 opened this issue Aug 7, 2024 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #6623
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rm : Removes parent directory #6620

AnirbanHalder654322 opened this issue Aug 7, 2024 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #6623
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@AnirbanHalder654322
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Coreutils

mkdir d
rm -rf d/..

This removes all the files in parent directory of d.

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mkdir d
rm -rf d/..

This fails and produces the error message below.
rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping 'd/..

This is related to the rm/r-4.sh compatibility test.
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I'll take this one

This was referenced Aug 7, 2024
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rm: fix issue #6620 (refuse to remove '.' and '..') just-an-engineer/coreutils
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