tag 16862 notabug
thanks
On 02/24/2014 06:36 AM, Marc Perkel wrote:
> Minor feature request
>
> Suggest -q (for quiet) for rm command. No error code if file doesn't exist.
>
> rm -q file
>
> rather tham
>
> rm file 2> /dev/null
Thanks for the suggestion, but such an option already exists
for a very long time (if not even since day one).
>From "info coreutils 'rm invocation'":
`-f'
`--force'
Ignore nonexistent files and missing operands, and never prompt
the user. Ignore any previous `--interactive' (`-i') option.
The -f option is one of those mandated by POSIX:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/rm.html
Therefore, I'm tagging this as "not a bug" and I'm marking it as done.
Have a nice day,
Berny
