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Re: /bin/ gets deleted on error
On 4/13/2017 2:43 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
> defensive coding is your friend to avoid disasters:
> if [ -n "$foodir" ] && [ -d $foodir/ ]; then
> /bin/rm -fR -- $foodir || exit
> else
> echo "Can't find directory '$foodir'"
> exit 2
> fi
>
And even this can be troublesome if you mistype a variable name anywhere
in this code.
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