[debbugs-tracker] bug#15813: closed ()

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> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:41:42 +0300
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> WTF?
> sudo rmdir -rf /media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP\ -\ Kerbal\ Space\ Program\
> 0.21.1\ \(2-click\ run\)/
> rmdir: неверный ключ -- r
> Попробуйте `rmdir --help' для получения более подробного описания.
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> sudo rmdir -Rf /media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP\ -\ Kerbal\ Space\ Program\
> 0.21.1\ \(2-click\ run\)/
> rmdir: неверный ключ -- R
> Попробуйте `rmdir --help' для получения более подробного описания.
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> sudo rmdir -p /media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP\ -\ Kerbal\ Space\ Program\
> 0.21.1\ \(2-click\ run\)/
> rmdir: не удалось удалить «/media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP - Kerbal Space
> Program 0.21.1 (2-click run)/»: Каталог не пуст
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#15813: Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:20:30 -0700 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0

tag 15813 notabug
thanks

On 11/05/2013 07:41 AM, andrews wrote:
> WTF?
> sudo rmdir -rf /media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP\ -\ Kerbal\ Space\ Program\
> 0.21.1\ \(2-click\ run\)/
> rmdir: неверный ключ -- r
> Попробуйте `rmdir --help' для получения более подробного описания.

[I had to look up in ru.po to untranslate your message; in the C locale,
this is complaining: invalid option -- 'r']

This is correct.  rmdir does not have a -r option; perhaps you were
thinking of 'rm' instead of 'rmdir'?

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> sudo rmdir -Rf /media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP\ -\ Kerbal\ Space\ Program\
> 0.21.1\ \(2-click\ run\)/
> rmdir: неверный ключ -- R
> Попробуйте `rmdir --help' для получения более подробного описания.

Likewise, 'rmdir' does not have a -R option.

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> sudo rmdir -p /media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP\ -\ Kerbal\ Space\ Program\
> 0.21.1\ \(2-click\ run\)/
> rmdir: не удалось удалить «/media/Work/DOWNLOADS/KSP - Kerbal Space
> Program 0.21.1 (2-click run)/»: Каталог не пуст

And here, the untranslated message is (roughly, assuming I guessed the
correct strerror translation mapping): failed to remove directory
/media...: directory not empty

That's because 'rmdir' only removes empty directories, but "KSP - Kerbal
Space Program 0.21.1 (2-click run)" appears to be a non-empty directory.
 Again, use 'rm -r' not 'rmdir'.

I'm closing this as user error rather than a bug in coreutils, although
you may feel free to respond if you have more comments or questions on
the topic.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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