Thanks Ralf. Actually, it is on our Solaris systems that the -i option supersedes the -f option for an rm command. So when a user runs "eval `$prefix/etc/rc --eval all env`" on those systems, with an "rm -i" alias in effect, they get that message when your script cleans up.
Thanks for the tip. Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralf S. > Engelschall > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Unusual query message > > On Wed, Apr 05, 2006, Dennis McRitchie wrote: > > > Periodically, one of our users gets the following message. > > > > rm: examine files in directory /tmp/rc-20060404211701-17039 > (yes/no)? > > > > Since these directories are created by > <openpkg_home>/etc/rc, I thought > > I would ask this forum what causes these messages to occur, > and how to > > prevent them from occurring. > > > > I can't find this message in the openpkg scripts, nor can I find any > > reference to it by googling. > > > > Any thoughts? > > AFAIK this is caused on some Linux boxes by "rm" overridden with > "rm -i". Usually with an alias in a global "bashrc"... > > Ralf S. Engelschall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.engelschall.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org > User Communication List [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [email protected]
