On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Steven Schubiger wrote: > On 7 Apr, G. Vamsee Krishna wrote: > > : Would be nice though if it says that `rm' does the same thing to > : directories too. I still remember using `rmdir' on an empty directory > : about 2 years ago when I started using GNU/Linux. > > Could we have some more opiniated input on this issue by others? > If the suggestion gets accepted, I'll poke around a patch. >
Sure. I think the docs should be as helpful as possible to the newbies and man/info is the place where most of them start. Believe me, it will take some time for them to know that `rm' deletes directories too :) A patch in this direction would be really helpful. But we need to hear from the bosses first. Vamsee -- Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking. -- Richard Stallman _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
