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Re: rm issue
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: rm issue |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:00:06 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Ken Nellis <address@hidden> writes:
> I write to recommend a change to the "rm" command: When deleting the
> files specified on the command line, when encountering one that
> doesn't exist, after diagnosing the error, rm should immediately
> terminate instead of the current procedure of continuing to delete
> files.
We can't really change the default behavior of 'rm' here, since many
people rely on it and it is required by POSIX
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/rm.html>.
However, we could have an option along those lines. Users who prefer
that behavior then could alias "rm" to rm-with-the-option.
FreeBSD has an -I option, with the following meaning:
-I Request confirmation once if more than three files are being
removed or if a directory is being recursively removed. This
is a far less intrusive option than -i yet provides almost
the same level of protection against mistakes.
Would that suffice?
- rm issue, Ken Nellis, 2005/12/02
- Re: rm issue,
Paul Eggert <=