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bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use
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Eric Blake |
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bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call |
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Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:07:10 -0700 |
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On 11/20/2013 05:03 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 11/20/2013 02:44 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 11/19/2013 11:45 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>>> Maybe "cannot remove directory" is a bit weak - it's more like
>>> "refusing to remove dot|dot-dot|root directory".
>>
>> Indeed, a clearer error message would be possible.
>
> What about the following?
>
> $ src/rm -r src/.
> src/rm: refusing to remove '.' or '..' directory: skipping 'src/.'
That helps. But I'm also starting to think we should add a new long
option --no-preserve-dot, similar to how --no-preserve-root can be used
to work around the restriction. Then people that want to can create an
alias or other wrapper around rm to get the non-nanny behavior, while
the default behavior still complies with POSIX.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, (continued)
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Eric Blake, 2013/11/19
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/11/20
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Eric Blake, 2013/11/20
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/11/20
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Linda Walsh, 2013/11/20
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Eric Blake, 2013/11/20
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Linda Walsh, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call,
Eric Blake <=
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Pádraig Brady, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Eric Blake, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Eric Blake, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Eric Blake, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Bernhard Voelker, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Eric Blake, 2013/11/21
- bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call, Jim Meyering, 2013/11/21