On 8 Apr, Geoffrey Odhner wrote: : On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:01:24 +0200 (CEST) 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. : : In age-old Unix terminology directories are files of a specialized kind. : Because Linux is meant to be more friendly to people who are not steeped : in such esoterica it is entirely reasonable that the documentation : should be revised to be more explicit about the inclusion of directories : when removing with rm -f, and of the containing directories with rm -rf. : I, as a long-time Unix user wholeheartedly support clearer, more : explicit help messages wherever they can relatively succinctly clarify : the usage of commands. : : Geoff Odhner
If no one else volunteers, I'll fix it. Steven _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils