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RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make 'rm' use 'remove' call

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 15926 <15926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#15926: RFE: unlink command already uses 'unlink' call; make
 'rm' use 'remove' call
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:17:37 +0000

On 11/22/2013 02:56 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 11/21/2013 05:11 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Thanks for doing that.
>> I was a little surprised to see an rm diagnostic change, but no
>> corresponding change in any test.  Perhaps an opportunity for
>> increased test coverage?
> 
> Sure! ;-)
> 
> Have a nice day,
> Berny
> 
> From 2fa074ebd43cbfea0f6b4bc92a4099a273458562 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:54:06 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] tests: enhance rm test regarding "." and ".."
> 
> Recent commit 2da7009d changed the error diagnostic of rm(1) trying
> to remove "." or "..".  Enhance the corresponding test.
> 
> * tests/rm/r-4.sh: Ensure rm(1) outputs the expected error diagnostic.
> ---
>  tests/rm/r-4.sh | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tests/rm/r-4.sh b/tests/rm/r-4.sh
> index 94702a6..a3ceaf9 100755
> --- a/tests/rm/r-4.sh
> +++ b/tests/rm/r-4.sh
> @@ -22,11 +22,26 @@ print_ver_ rm
>  mkdir d || framework_failure_
>  touch d/a || framework_failure_
> 
> -rm -fr d/. 2>/dev/null && fail=1
> -rm -fr d/./ 2>/dev/null && fail=1
> -rm -fr d/.//// 2>/dev/null && fail=1
> -rm -fr d/.. 2>/dev/null && fail=1
> -rm -fr d/../ 2>/dev/null && fail=1
> +# Expected error diagnostic as grep pattern.
> +exp="^rm: refusing to remove '\.' or '\.\.' directory: skipping '.*'\$"
> +
> +rmtest()
> +{
> +  # Try removing - expecting failure.
> +  rm -fr "$1" 2> err && fail=1
> +
> +  # Ensure the expected error diagnostic is output.
> +  grep "$exp" err || { cat err; fail=1; }
> +
> +  return $fail
> +}
> +
> +rmtest 'd/.'     || fail=1
> +rmtest 'd/./'    || fail=1
> +rmtest 'd/.////' || fail=1
> +rmtest 'd/..'    || fail=1
> +rmtest 'd/../'   || fail=1

+1

thanks!
Pádraig

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