On 11/07/2013 04:25 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Does the current behavior conflict with POSIX or > disagree with how other implementations work?
Hi Jim, no, it doesn't conflict with POSIX, and for the --link case (this thread) I think we have found consensus. The problem is - unfortunately in the other bug#15806 [1] that rm behaves differently regarding the dereferencing (or not) of symbolic links when the -r option is specified (or not). The BSDs seem to also dereference without -r. [1] http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=15806 (I hope I got it summarized right - I'm in a hurry.) Have a nice day, Berny
