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Re: rm -f *.obj exits with error on nonexisting file
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Daniel |
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Re: rm -f *.obj exits with error on nonexisting file |
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Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:13:39 +0000 |
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Am Mittwoch, 16. August 2006 19:56 schrieb Sascha Kolb:
> Hi I am wondering,
>
> I have different versions of rm.exe with exits with error if I use
> wildcards with -f parameter and there is no file existing.
>
> RM:= rm -f
>
> We have many clean targets that make
>
> $(RM) *.obj
>
> on the first rebuild after fetching the source code it is really anoying
> that we get so many stderros about this topic.
> cannot remove `*.o': Invalid argument
>
> 1. Is this desired behaviour, expeciall with -f switch ?
oh, -f... I' wondering, too. On Linux -f does not report if the file does not
exists. Is this an special behavior on Win?
> 2. Is there any way to disable this behaviour ?
yeah, -f :)
rm --help says:
-f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Would you please try to delete a nonexisting file?
# rm -f i_do_not_exist.foo
And then post the output?
Daniel