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From: "Le, Vinh-Kha" <lvinhkh@amazon.com>
To: "zsh-workers@zsh.org" <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: [Bug Report] Erroneous path resolution for `rm /*`
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 21:32:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7de6834ef6d245ddb7d3cc881ff5902c@EX13D27UWB004.ant.amazon.com> (raw)

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Hello all,

I am writing this email to report a bug in Zsh 5.8 that I could not find documented anywhere online. There is a feature that prompts the user for confirmation when invoking `rm` with a glob argument. The message usually reads:
```zsh
zsh: sure you want to delete all $n files in $dir [yn]?
```
Running `rm /*` triggers a prompt for the pattern `*` at the current directory rather than at root. This is misleading and could prove disastrous.

Steps to reproduce:

  1.  Ideally, run in a VM.
  2.  Make sure you have `unsetopt RM_STAR_SILENT`.
  3.  Run `rm /*` from a non-root directory.

Expected prompt:
```zsh
zsh: sure you want to delete all $n files in / [yn]?
```

Actual prompt:
```zsh
zsh: sure you want to delete all $n files in $(pwd) [yn]?
```

Best,
Vinh-Kha


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             reply	other threads:[~2021-09-01 21:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-01 21:32 Le, Vinh-Kha [this message]
2021-09-01 22:09 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-09-01 22:12   ` Bart Schaefer
2021-09-06 17:42     ` Bart Schaefer
2021-09-06 17:50       ` Bart Schaefer

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