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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, Alan Curry <pacman-cu <at> kosh.dhis.org>, 12339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12339: Bug: rm -fr . doesn't dir depth first deletion yet it
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:29:13 -0700

On 09/07/2012 06:25 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> I don't want to get the shell involved

That's not a reasonable constraint.  The shell is
a standard tool for solving this sort of problem,
and involving the shell solves this problem.
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