GNU bug report logs - #12339
Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it is documented to do so.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 00:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: 12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12339: Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it is documented to do so.
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:38:18 -0700




> Workaround:
> 
>   find . -delete
> 
> Bob
----

not the first thing one one think of to rm a dir tree.

I didn't even know find had a delete op...
(use find alot, but 70% of the time it's to pipe into xargs...)
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