On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 02:08:24PM -0300, Marc Collin wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I found a case where sbase rm command fails but doesn't output any
> error message, making it look like it succeeded.
>
> mkdir ./test
> mkdir ./test/test
> sudo chown root:root ./test
> sudo chown root:root ./test/test
> rm -rf ./test
>
> rm won't output anything and exit (apparently) cleanly.
> But the ./test directory won't be deleted.
> Shouldn't a meaningful message be printed to warn about the failure?
>
> Regards.
>
Hi,
Regarding the status code: you specify -f so the exit status is not
modified[0].
I'm not sure if it's required to print a warning message with the -f option.
My interpretation is it's not neccesary. However on OpenBSD it says:
$ rm -rf test/
rm: test/test: Permission denied
rm: test: Operation not permitted
I don't fully understand the wording in POSIX on the page[0].
[0] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/rm.html
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Kind regards,
Hiltjo
