GNU bug report logs - #27632
rm -f fais on directories

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: graham <at> tasam.com

Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

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bug#27632; Package coreutils. (Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:04:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Marv Graham <graham <at> tasam.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: rm -f fais on directories
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 19:42:55 -0400 (EDT)

This is VERY unexpected behavior! An 'rm -f' command has (for my experience in the last 30 years) removed anything.

What;'s the problem with rm on ubuntu?
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bug#27632; Package coreutils. (Mon, 10 Jul 2017 03:20:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Marv Graham <graham <at> tasam.com>
Cc: 27632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27632: rm -f fais on directories
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:19:46 +0900

Marv Graham <graham <at> tasam.com> writes:

> This is VERY unexpected behavior! An 'rm -f' command has (for my experience in the last 30 years) removed anything.
>
> What;'s the problem with rm on ubuntu?
Flag -f won't delete directories.
To remove anything, you'd use: rm -rf

Use flag -r (or -R) to delete directories.  If you prefer
delete _empty_ directories but preserve non-empty dirs, then use
flag -d.


From the 'rm' manual:

     -r, -R, --recursive
          remove directories and their contents recursively

     -d, --dir
          remove empty directories
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 10 Jul 2017 03:21:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: 27632-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27632: rm -f fais on directories
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:13:24 +0900

Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Marv Graham <graham <at> tasam.com> writes:
>
>> This is VERY unexpected behavior! An 'rm -f' command has (for my experience in the last 30 years) removed anything.
>>
>> What;'s the problem with rm on ubuntu?
> Flag -f won't delete directories.
> To remove anything, you'd use: rm -rf
Since it's not a bug, then i am closing this report.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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