GNU bug report logs - #21084
rm appears to no longer be POSIX compliant (as of 2013 edition) re: deleting empty dirs and files under <path>/.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 07:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 21084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 21084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21084: rm appears to no longer be POSIX compliant (as of 2013
 edition) re: deleting empty dirs and files under <path>/.
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 10:46:13 +0200

Linda Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org> writes:

> But step 4 on that page says that rm should remove empty directories
> without requiring other special switches.

Please read step 2a.

Andreas.

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