GNU bug report logs - #21051
direct/file deletion

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Lee Sung <lsung <at> juniper.net>

Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 21051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Cc: 21051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lee Sung <lsung <at> juniper.net>
Subject: Re: bug#21051: direct/file deletion
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:47:08 +0200

Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com> writes:

> But you could also delete it using the full path.
>
>   rm -rf ~/fpc_i2cs_cpld  # warning: recursive removal

A relative name will do as well.

$ rm -rf ../fpc_i2cs_cpld

Andreas.

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