GNU bug report logs - #16669
rm: inconsistent 'rm -ir' prompting behavior (POSIX issue)

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:40:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 16669 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16669: inconsistent 'rm -ir' prompting behavior
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:08:23 -0700

Assaf Gordon wrote:
> Was there ever a resolution (or a committed fix)
> for the "rm -ir" issue in:
> https://bugs.gnu.org/16669

Not yet. I'd leave the bug open.
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