Re: Correct semantics in rm -rf ?

[Jim Meyering]

shailesh jain wrote:
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>> POSIX allows readdir to work that way.
>>
> Sorry I do not follow your comment. What way POSIX allows readdir to work ?

As was demonstrated by that strace output:
returning an entry for a file that had been unlinked.

>> I already suggested that making this change might help you:
>>
>> -    CONSECUTIVE_READDIR_UNLINK_THRESHOLD = 10
>> +    CONSECUTIVE_READDIR_UNLINK_THRESHOLD = 1
>
> I did not try above option. I will try this later tonight.

You might want to try the new version of rm (fts-based)
for which I've posted patches recently.