Timeline for Why doesn't find . -delete delete current directory?
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| Nov 19, 2016 at 1:34 | answer | added | Martin Tournoij | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 22:16 | answer | added | Petr Skocik | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 22:09 | answer | added | Joshua | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 21:57 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackUnix/status/799733252210692096 | ||
| Nov 18, 2016 at 16:36 | vote | accept | mbroshi | ||
| Nov 18, 2016 at 16:24 | comment | added | Alexej Magura | @Rmano this is true: it's just something I wouldn't do on principle: just go up a directory and then delete the current directory. I'm not entirely sure why it's such a big deal--though I have had some misfortunes with the current directory no longer existing, such as relative paths no longer working, but you can always get out by using an absolute path--but some part of me just says that it isn't a good idea in general. | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 16:22 | comment | added | Rmano | @AlexejMagura although I sympathize, I do not see why removing the current directory should be any different than removing an open file. The object will stay alive until a reference to it exists, and then garbage collected afterward. You can do cd ..; rm -r dir with another shell with quite clear semantics... | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 16:00 | answer | added | 林果皞 | timeline score: 31 | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 15:35 | comment | added | mbroshi | Agreed--I like the default behavior, but it is not consistent with, e.g., find . -print. | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 15:23 | answer | added | Thomas | timeline score: 16 | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 14:27 | comment | added | Alexej Magura | Most likely because removing the current working directory would not be a good idea. | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 14:24 | history | edited | Jeff Schaller♦ | edited tags | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 14:16 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 18, 2016 at 14:11 | history | asked | mbroshi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |