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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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 12400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12400: rmdir runs "amok", users "curse" GNU...(as rmdir has no option to stay on 1 file system)...
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:04:54 -0700

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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