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rm refuses to remove files owned by the user, even in force mode

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Message #42 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot <at> laposte.net>,
 L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: auerswal <at> unix-ag.uni-kl.de, 34700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34700: rm refuses to remove files owned by the user, even in
 force mode
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:27:20 -0600

tags 34700 notabug
severity 34700 wishlist
retitle: rm: add new --force option deal with read-only directories
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Hello,
As explained by several people in this thread,
This is not a bug in "rm -f", but the mandated behavior.

Bob and others provided work-arounds ( https://bugs.gnu.org/34700#17 ).

As for adding a new "--really-force" option
(https://bugs.gnu.org/34700#11) - I'm marking this as a wish-list
item.

-assaf

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