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Re: extend rm docs (was: slight 'rm --help' confusion)
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Steven P Schubiger |
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Re: extend rm docs (was: slight 'rm --help' confusion) |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:23:43 +0200 (CEST) |
On 8 Apr, Geoffrey Odhner wrote:
: On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:01:24 +0200 (CEST) Steven Schubiger wrote:
:
:> On 7 Apr, G. Vamsee Krishna wrote:
:>
:> : Would be nice though if it says that `rm' does the same thing
:> : to directories too. I still remember using `rmdir' on an empty
:> : directory about 2 years ago when I started using GNU/Linux.
:>
:> Could we have some more opiniated input on this issue by others?
:> If the suggestion gets accepted, I'll poke around a patch.
:
: In age-old Unix terminology directories are files of a specialized kind.
: Because Linux is meant to be more friendly to people who are not steeped
: in such esoterica it is entirely reasonable that the documentation
: should be revised to be more explicit about the inclusion of directories
: when removing with rm -f, and of the containing directories with rm -rf.
: I, as a long-time Unix user wholeheartedly support clearer, more
: explicit help messages wherever they can relatively succinctly clarify
: the usage of commands.
:
: Geoff Odhner
If no one else volunteers, I'll fix it.
Steven