-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 7/24/2008 1:33 AM: | when use the command: "rm -r folder" (not empty !); it | removes all without prompt prompts the user for whether to | remove or not.
As well it should - this behavior is required by POSIX. You only get a prompt if there are read-only files or if you use the -i option (or the GNU extension -I). http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/rm.html That said, some people like to operate with an alias, such that when they type 'rm', the alias expands to 'rm -i', and they don't have to remember the -i. I personally don't like the crutch of an alias by the same name, because I cannot guarantee that the same aliases have been set up on another machine, such that if I were to get used to the command on my machine, I would be setting myself up for failure when using my same command on another machine without the alias. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiIaGcACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCLTgCfeYu1udh/MTDcVSJQArNCngsp PHUAnjdne9mD4wXHeSFHCXv1MwNEWUAp =9so2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
