On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 12:02:53PM +0100, Jonathan Buzzard wrote: > On 08/09/2020 18:37, IBM Spectrum Scale wrote: > > I think it is incorrect to assume that a command that continues > > after detecting the working directory has been removed is going to > > cause damage to the file system. > > No I am not assuming it will cause damage. I am making the fairly reasonable > assumption that any command which fails has an increased probability of > causing damage to the file system over one that completes successfully.
I think there is another angle here, which is that this command's output has the possibility of triggering an "oh ----" (fill in your preferred colorful metaphor here) moment, followed up by a panicked Ctrl-C. That reaction has the possibility of causing its own problems (i.e. not sure if mmafmctl touches CCR, but aborting it midway could leave CCR inconsistent). I'm with Jonathan here: the command should fail with an informative message, and the admin can correct the problem (just cd somewhere else). -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department (UW Medicine), System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- Pronouns: He/Him/His _______________________________________________ gpfsug-discuss mailing list gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss