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Re: [Bug Report] Erroneous path resolution for `rm /*`

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Le, Vinh-Kha" <lvinhkh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "zsh-workers@xxxxxxx" <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Bug Report] Erroneous path resolution for `rm /*`
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 15:09:47 -0700
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On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:33 PM Le, Vinh-Kha <lvinhkh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Running `rm /*` triggers a prompt for the pattern `*` at the current directory rather than at root. This is misleading and could prove disastrous.

I am almost certain I've seen this reported before, but no fix was
ever committed.

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