On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 11:16:00PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Paul de Weerd wrote on Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 10:46:15PM +0200:
> > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 03:12:26PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
>
> > | If you are really unsure, study the output of
> > | $ find *
> > | first, before
Hi,
Paul de Weerd wrote on Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 10:46:15PM +0200:
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 03:12:26PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> | If you are really unsure, study the output of
> | $ find *
> | first, before typing
> | $ rm -rf *
> | No non-standard option is needed at all for this.
>
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 04:09:11PM +0200, Job Snijders wrote:
> --- bin/rm/rm.1
> +++ bin/rm/rm.1
> @@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ that directory is skipped.
> .It Fl r
> Equivalent to
> .Fl R .
> +.It Fl v
> +Explain what is being done.
On second thought, "Display what files were removed." would
Hi Ingo,
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 03:12:26PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
| Hi,
|
| Job Snijders wrote on Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 02:06:16PM +0200:
|
| > This patch adds a '-v' option to rm(1) for more verbose output.
|
| Do not add new options to standard utilities, unless you can show
| that they
Hi Ingo,
Thanks for taking the time to review this.
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 03:12:26PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Job Snijders wrote on Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 02:06:16PM +0200:
>
> > This patch adds a '-v' option to rm(1) for more verbose output.
>
> Do not add new options to standard
Hi,
Job Snijders wrote on Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 02:06:16PM +0200:
> This patch adds a '-v' option to rm(1) for more verbose output.
Do not add new options to standard utilities, unless you can show
that they are unusually useful in practice *and* practically
every other system out there has
