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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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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