Re: bash bug - unexpect file deleted using rm command

[Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri]

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 04:43:42PM +0200, Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 11:56:04AM +0000, root@minigeek.srve.com wrote:
> > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> > Machine: x86_64
> > OS: linux-gnu
> > Compiler: gcc
> > Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' 
> > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 
> > -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' 
> > -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib  -D_GNU_SOURCE 
> > -DRECYCLES_PIDS  -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions 
> > -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -fwrapv
> > uname output: Linux minigeek.srve.com 2.6.32-754.10.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue 
> > Jan 15 17:07:28 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > Machine Type: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
> > 
> > Bash Version: 4.1
> > Patch Level: 2
> > Release Status: release
> > 
> > Description:
> >     I deleted the file .DS_Store fom a fat32 partition as root.  bash 
> > properly warned me and I answered y which deleted that file.
> >     A second different file, named ._.DS_Store was also erased - but 
> > without warning, and I did not ask for this.  
> >     Therein lies the bug.
> >     I recreated two text files with different contents having those same 
> > names, and repeated the steps - same problem - both files got erased with 
> > the one rm command for just one of them.
> > 
> > Repeat-By:
> >     Create those 2 files. Delete just one.
> > 
> > Fix:
> >     probably some shell filename matching code has an error?
> > 
> > 
> 
> What was your actual command when deleting the file(s)?  If no filename
> globbing pattern was used, then I think the shell can be ruled out as
> the culprit.  If a globbing pattern was used, e.g. .*DS_Store .DS_Store

Sorry, that last line got mangled by vim.  That should read:

If a globbing pattern was used, then there may be an issue with the
pattern rather than with the shell.

> 
> $ touch .DS_Store ._.DS_Store
> $ ls -la
> total 8
> drwx------  2 kk    wheel  512 May 28 16:41 .
> drwxrwxrwt  7 root  wheel  512 May 28 16:41 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 kk    wheel    0 May 28 16:41 .DS_Store
> -rw-r--r--  1 kk    wheel    0 May 28 16:41 ._.DS_Store
> $ rm .DS_Store
> $ ls -la
> total 8
> drwx------  2 kk    wheel  512 May 28 16:41 .
> drwxrwxrwt  7 root  wheel  512 May 28 16:41 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 kk    wheel    0 May 28 16:41 ._.DS_Store
> 
> Note that bash, the shell, would not warn you about deleting files.
> This may possibly be something that rm does if used with its -i option,
> or under some other circumstances having to do with the permissions on
> the files.
> 
> -- 
> Kusalananda
> Sweden

-- 
Kusalananda
Sweden