[issue8705] shutil.rmtree with empty filepath

[Dan Koch]

New submission from Dan Koch <kochdb at ornl.gov>:

The following sequence raises an exception, but nonetheless removes all files from the Desktop under Windows Vista.

import os, shutil, user

desktop_dir = os.path.join(user.home, 'Desktop')
os.chdir(desktop_dir)

shutil.rmtree('')

This does not occur under Fedora 12. Not tested on Mac OS X yet.

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components: Windows
messages: 105646
nosy: dbkoch
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: shutil.rmtree with empty filepath
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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