rm normally produces an error when you delete a nonexistent file. However, under -f, you get no error message. I would argue this is a bug.<br><br>-- Jeremy Hetzler<br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br>520 $ /bin/rm nonexistent<br>

/bin/rm: cannot remove `nonexistent&#39;: No such file or directory<br><br>521 $ /bin/rm -f nonexistent<br><br>522 $ rm --version<br>rm (GNU coreutils) 8.5<br>Packaged by Cygwin (8.5-2)<br>Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br>

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