if --remove (-u) is specified. The default is not to remove the files because it is common to operate on device files like /dev/hda, and those files usually should not be removed. When operating on regular files, most people use the --remove option.
Why not use the stat system call to find out what type of file we're dealing with, and then remove or not remove accordingly ? That might cause a suprise in some cases. It is better to have a consitent behaviour than have different behaviours for different types of files. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
