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[PATCH] rm: added --directory (-d) option

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Message #26 received at 6402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 6402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6402: [PATCH] rm: remove no-op -d option
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:46:18 -0600

On 09/17/2010 03:13 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Jim, what do you think of this alternative patch, which avoids the
>> issue of a new translation string by instead letting getopt parsing
>> reject -d like any other unknown option?
>
> I like it.  Thank you.
>
> ...
>> --- a/NEWS
> ...
>> +  rm -d now issues an error rather than being silently ignored.
>
> How about a slight change in wording to make clear
> that the entire "rm" command was not being ignored.
>
>    rm's -d now evokes an error;  before, it was silently ignored.

Pushed with that change.

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