-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Jim Meyering on 10/2/2006 11:19 AM: >> This error should be ignored. After all, if a file name component is not a >> directory the file cannot exist, so rm -f should handle it the same as >> ENOENT. > > Thanks for reporting that. > Here's the patch I'll check in as soon as I write the test cases:
Shouldn't this also include ELOOP? $ ln -s loop . $ rm -f loop/oops rm: cannot remove `loop/oops': Too many levels of symbolic links - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFId6r84KuGfSFAYARAmrIAKCmvLvQFV0AWBX18GOYoabv0gGdLQCZAbua 2ct7ZsOJO59Yn5g7bMbBBEs= =otkR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils