Subject: bug#27632: closed (Re: bug#27632: rm -f fais on directories)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 23:14:02 +0000

Your bug report

#27632: rm -f fais on directories

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#27632: rm -f fais on directories
From: Tino Calancha <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:13:24 +0900
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Tino Calancha <[email-masked]> writes:

> Marv Graham <[email-masked]> 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.

Subject: rm -f fais on directories
From: Marv Graham <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 19:42:55 -0400 (EDT)
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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?