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rm: add "-x" option alias for --one-file-system

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Message #8 received at 16287 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>, 16287 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16287: RFE rm "-x" == "--one-file-system"
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 01:27:39 +0100

On 12/29/2013 06:10 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Would it be possible to let rm have a -x flag
> to be consistent with other utils that use -x to mean
> --one-file-system?  It seems to be a widespread
> convention.

Thanks for the suggestion.
However, although -x is indeed a common option of several
programs, we are reluctant to add new short options.

I'd only consider doing so for compatibility reasons if
there would already exist an implementation of 'rm -x'.
I didn't find any ... apart from 'srm' [1] which even
has a different program name.
Do you know any other?

[1] http://srm.sourceforge.net/

Have a nice day,
Berny

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