Bash example

[Nils Kassube]

Florent Charton wrote:
> A solution among others :
> rmdir_if_exists() {
>     [ $# -eq 1 ] || (echo "Need the directory name" >&2 ; exit 1)
>     [ -d "$0" ] && rm -Rfv "$0"
> }

Kids, don't try this at home!

$0 is the binary of the shell which you definitely DON'T want to remove. 
Or if you put this in a script it is the script itself. Yes, I know 
there is a test for a directory before the rm command but someone who 
tries to make this work might get rid of the test.

Florent, please TEST dangerous commands like the above on your own 
machine before you post it on a list where there are newbies who might 
render their system unusable.


Nils