Ken Nellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I write to recommend a change to the "rm" command: When deleting the > files specified on the command line, when encountering one that > doesn't exist, after diagnosing the error, rm should immediately > terminate instead of the current procedure of continuing to delete > files.
We can't really change the default behavior of 'rm' here, since many people rely on it and it is required by POSIX <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/rm.html>. However, we could have an option along those lines. Users who prefer that behavior then could alias "rm" to rm-with-the-option. FreeBSD has an -I option, with the following meaning: -I Request confirmation once if more than three files are being removed or if a directory is being recursively removed. This is a far less intrusive option than -i yet provides almost the same level of protection against mistakes. Would that suffice? _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
