GNU bug report logs - #12400
rmdir: add --one-file-system option

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:32:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 12400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 12400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12400: rmdir runs "amok",
	users "curse" GNU...(as rmdir has no option to stay on 1
	file	system)...
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:40:53 -0700


Paul Eggert wrote:
> Shouldn't that be 'users "curse" rmdir'?
> 
> All rmdir implementations behave that way;
> GNU rmdir is no different.
> 
> It's not clear to me why 'rmdir /foo/a /bar/b' should by default
> reject the attempt to remove '/bar/b' merely because it's on a
> different file system from '/foo/a'.
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Then why have the option for 'rm'?
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