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| -rw-r--r-- | meta/lib/oe/path.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/path.py b/meta/lib/oe/path.py index 804ecd5fea..d4685403c5 100644 --- a/meta/lib/oe/path.py +++ b/meta/lib/oe/path.py @@ -92,7 +92,14 @@ def copyhardlinktree(src, dst): copytree(src, dst) def remove(path, recurse=True): - """Equivalent to rm -f or rm -rf""" + """ + Equivalent to rm -f or rm -rf + NOTE: be careful about passing paths that may contain filenames with + wildcards in them (as opposed to passing an actual wildcarded path) - + since we use glob.glob() to expand the path. Filenames containing + square brackets are particularly problematic since the they may not + actually expand to match the original filename. + """ for name in glob.glob(path): try: os.unlink(name) |