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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Message #107 received at 12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "Linda A. Walsh" <law <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: Jim Meyering <meyering <at> redhat.com>,
	"12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#12339: [PATCH] rm: avoid bogus diagnostic for a
	slash-decorated symlink-to-dir
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:34:43 -0700

On 09/04/2012 11:58 PM, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
>    I'm not talking for interactive use... I'm talking for use in a script
> that might run on systems that are not mine -- so I can't rely on shell settings.

Yes you can.  Just start the script with "#!/bin/sh", as usual.
When invoked that way, Bash and other shells are POSIX-compliant
in this area.
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