3 ms·Wouldn't / just cause confusion trying to delete a directory called /rf ?by josefx 6y agoWouldn't / just cause confusion trying to delete a directory called /rf ?est 6y agoThere's no directory called /rf so the mistake can do no harm, as a good design should be.DHowett 6y agoYour comment is based on the premise that there is, in common use, a directory called “-rf” but not one called “/rf”? Why would the former be any less likely than the latter?