Claude Code's rm -rf Lost Its Argument to PowerShell Quoting, Wiped 125GB From a Windows C: Drive
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A Claude Code background subagent, running in the desktop app's auto mode, tried to clean up after itself with a routine command: delete a temporary GPG home directory. rm -rf $GNUPGHOME . The command had to cross from Claude Code's PowerShell tool into an MSYS2 bash shell to run — and on that cros…
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- 2026-10-29 18:39 · DEV Community — AI
Claude Code's rm -rf Lost Its Argument to PowerShell Quoting, Wiped 125GB From a Windows C: Drive