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bug#16669: inconsistent 'rm -ir' prompting behavior
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Eric Blake |
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bug#16669: inconsistent 'rm -ir' prompting behavior |
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Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:33:35 -0700 |
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On 02/06/2014 10:03 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 02/06/2014 08:39 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> should I also allow for an optimization of omitting the second prompt
>> for a known non-empty directory
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> I would, yes. Thanks for catching that.
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>> (known because of a negative answer to
>> prompts on its children)
> It might also be known because of a failed attempt to remove a child,
> and this optimization should be allowed as well.
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=819 was created to attempt this,
although it may need another round of word-smithing to make sure it is
correct for what we want.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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