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A local model cleaning up files deleted more than it was told to and removed the wrong things

Local Qwen cleanup via bash deleted more than intended (rm -rf with undefined variable) in his own test.

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How it works

  1. Local model runs a cleanup through bash
  2. A variable comes back empty
  3. The delete command removes more than intended

Why it’s worth knowing

One empty variable turned a tidy-up into a deletion.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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