Please add a -i option to rmdir, similar to the -i toption (interactive prompt)
for mv and rm. It would be useful for the same reasons as it is useful for rm
and mv. I know there are workarounds, but all these commands should support -i
for consistency.
Thanks!-- John Wiersba
iersba via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> $ touch asdf && chmod a-w asdf && rm asdf 2>&1 | catrm: remove
> write-protected regular empty file 'asdf'? # should*not* prompt
>
> If the prompt cannot be seen, then it can't be properly answered, so there
$ /bin/rm --version
rm (GNU coreutils) 8.30
$ uname -a
Linux xxx 5.4.0-59-generic #65-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 12:01:51 UTC 2020 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Linuxmint
Description: Linux Mint 20
Release: 20
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