Re: BUG rm -rdf */*/src

[Eugen.Konkov]

On my unix FreeBSD 6.3
mkdir -p 1111/11/src 1111/234/src 1111/adsv/src
rm -rf 1111/*/src
Deletes all src sub directories for in 1111 directory

On WinXP SP2:
C:\>c:\progra~1\gnuwin32\bin\mkdir -p 1111/11/src 1111/234/src 1111/adsv/src

C:\>c:\progra~1\gnuwin32\bin\rm -rf 1111/*/src
c:\progra~1\gnuwin32\bin\rm: rm: can not run lstat for `1111/*/src': Invalid 
argument


Last week I have downloaded latest GetGnuWin32 and have downloaded all new 
unilities
http://sourceforge.net/projects/getgnuwin32
I do not know which version of coreutils I have. and where I can update them 
if I have old...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Blake" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: BUG rm -rdf */*/src


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> According to address@hidden on 4/10/2008 6:28 AM:
> | rm -rdf */*/src
>
> rm -d is deprecated.  It does nothing, and you should not need to use it.
> ~ Newer coreutils don't even document it; the NEWS for 6.0 states:
>
> ~  rm's --directory (-d) option is scheduled for removal in 2006.  This
> ~  option has been silently ignored since coreutils 5.0.  On systems
> ~  that support unlinking of directories, you can use the "unlink"
> ~  command to unlink a directory.
>
> (Hmm, now that it's 2008, maybe it's time to make 'rm -d' issue a failure,
> rather than being silently ignored.)
>
> | does not remove directories like this:
> | a/b/src
> | a/c/src
> | b/d/src
>
> It works just fine for me:
>
> $ mkdir -p a/b/src a/c/src b/d/src
> $ echo ?/?/src
> a/b/src a/c/src b/d/src
> $ rm -rf ?/?/src
> $ echo ?/?/src
> ?/?/src
>
> |
> | but on unix, win32/cygwin rm works OK
>
> That sentence didn't make sense.  What version of coreutils are you
> complaining about, and on what platform?  Maybe it is time for you to do
> an upgrade; the latest stable version is 6.10, with 6.11 due out soon.
>
> - --
> Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
>
> Eric Blake             address@hidden
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