My understanding of "-f" might be incorrect ... I thought "-f"
would force rm(1) into removing a file, even if it was mode 444.
However, the version shipped w/ RedHat 6.2 (fileutils v4.0p)
doesn't work as expected. For example, if I extracted the
attached (gzip'd) tar file, I would expect:
# tar xvfz breaks_rm-rf.tar.gz
# /bin/rm -rf sis900
to simply, and quietly, remove the entire tree. It doesn't.
(Maybe I spent too many years with SunOS and Solaris?)
Thanks,
- Don
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