rm: On Windows, rm -rf * doesn't do anything.

[TheGoddessInari]

It doesn't return an error, but also doesn't remove any files or directories.

[Arcterus]

This is probably due to Windows shells not expanding globs. I’m not sure if we should expand the globs ourselves on Windows or just leave the behavior as is.

It should at least return an error on the glob right now because it’s not being expanded, so that is an issue.

[rivy]

This bugged me as well. So, I fixed it.

With just a small set of changes, localized to 'uucore', I was able to add command line globbing for windows targets to all the utilities.

I've just opened PR#1281 with the patches.

[rivy]

Fixed in PR#1281.
This can be closed.

[Arcterus]

Thanks for reminding me!

[TheGoddessInari]

Actually, one problem with #1281 is that it doesn't use similar globbing rules. For instance, it unexpectedly deletes hidden directories, like .git when using a basic rm -rf *. That's pretty unexpected behavior. Just noticed this, but I suppose I should open a new issue.

[Arcterus]

@TheGoddessInari yeah, that is definitely an issue. I also just noticed that ~ doesn't expand, which is another problem. If you could open an issue that'd be greatly appreciated.