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rm -rf doesn't follow symlinks: /tmp $ mkdir -p a/b/c /tmp $ mkdir -p a/d/e /tmp $ cd a/b/c /tmp/a/b/c $ ln -s /tmp/a/d . /tmp/a/b/c $ cd .
by bct 14y ago
rm -rf doesn't follow symlinks:
/tmp $ mkdir -p a/b/c
/tmp $ mkdir -p a/d/e
/tmp $ cd a/b/c
/tmp/a/b/c $ ln -s /tmp/a/d .
/tmp/a/b/c $ cd ../../
/tmp/a $ ls */*
b/c:
d
d/e:
/tmp/a $ rm -rf b
/tmp/a $ ls
d
It would be pretty stupid for it to.