Re: rm -f and unexecutable directories

[Ed Avis]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Jim Meyering wrote:

>>But since I own the directory I could change the permissions and then
>>remove it.  Shouldn't rm do this if I gave the 'force' option?

>rm may not do that. POSIX prohibits it.

In that case could I make a feature request for a new flag

    -F, --really-force
            As --force but also change permissions if necessary.

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Ed Avis <address@hidden>