mashe wrote:
> I tried using rm -d and rm -f to remove an entire directory including the
> contents of that directory and it would not work.
> thank you for your assistance.
Neither of those options would be appropriate to remove a directory
and its contents. The -d option is almost never appropr
I tried using rm -d and rm -f to remove an entire directory including the
contents of that directory and it would not work.
thank you for your assistance.
murray fischer
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hezhenxing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think there is a bug in the file 'fileutils-4.1.9/src/remove.c', line 523, the
> function is 'is_empty_dir', you 'opendir' the 'dir', but not 'closedir' it. This
> does not cause any problems in most filesystems, but it does cause problems in
> filesy
Hi,
First, thanks for your job.
I think there is a bug in the file 'fileutils-4.1.9/src/remove.c', line 523, the
function is 'is_empty_dir', you 'opendir' the 'dir', but not 'closedir' it. This does
not cause any problems in most filesystems, but it does cause problems in filesystems
that
It's actually a shell limit rather than an rm limit, as I understand it.
Then you understand it incorrectly. From the Coreutils FAQ:
Argument list too long
I tried to move about 5000 files with mv, but it said:
bash: /bin/mv: Argument list too long
The UNIX operating system traditionally
The URL I posted was wrong the correct one is:
http://www.gnu.org/software/fileutils/doc/faq/core-utils-faq.html
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It is a limit in your operating system, not in rm. Please see
http://www.gnu.org/software/fileutils/doc/faq for more information
about this.
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Jian --
...and then Chen, Jian (FSH) said...
%
% Hi,
Hi!
%
% "rm" command does not remove files, and complains "Argument is too big"
% when the number of files is large. In my case, there are over 9000 files
% within a directory.
Right.
% I don't know if it is a
Hi,
"rm" command does not remove files, and complains "Argument is too big"
when the number of files is large. In my case, there are over 9000 files
within a directory.
I don't know if it is a feature or a bug. I guess there is a physical limit
to the maximum files for t
As you haven't specified the operating system you are using the
question is impossible to answer.
>From (coreutils)rm invocation:
`-d'
`--directory'
Attempt to remove directories using the `unlink' function rather
than the `rmdir' function, and don't require a directory to be
empty
> according to man page of 'rm' command -d option can be used to
> unlink directory (by su).
> -d, --directory unlink directory, even if non-empty (super-user only)
>
> If I specify -d option for a removing a directory, it gives me an error
>
> # rm -
Hi,
according to man page of 'rm' command -d option can
be used to unlink directory (by su).
" -d,
--directory
unlink directory, even if non-empty (super-user only) "
I am using "rm (GNU fileutils) 4.0l".
If I specify -d option for a remo
* Vincent Angeloni writes:
> I've got a file named "---Message".
> When i want to remove this file with the rm command like this :rm ---Message
> orrm "---Message"orrm '---Message'orrm
>\-\-\-\-\-\-\-Mes
> I've got a file named "---Message".
>
> When i want to remove this file with the rm command like this :rm ---Message
> orrm "---Message"orrm '---Message'orrm
>\-\-\-\-\-\-\-Message
First off you are
I've got a file named "---Message".
When i want to remove this file with the rm command like this :rm ---Message
orrm "---Message"orrm '---Message'orrm
\-\-\-\-\-\-\-Message
the command failed cause it thinks that -
ory. The filesystem itself
is reference counted and when the last reference to a file goes away
it frees up the disk blocks.
> Is there something I do wrong or is it a serious bug in the rm command or in
> the file system ?
Since rm is just a user program there *can't* be a security
Dear,
Can you have a look at a possible bug in the rm command ?
I installed a Linux system, created a user and did some tests with file
permissions, have a look at the result please :
The system
bash-2.04$ uname -a
Linux netforce.site04.wtcm.be 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686
> I can't remove a directory. I want to remove a lot of users. I am root but
> I get a message "can't unlink directory"
>
> rm -Rvif _ is the command I am using
Thank you for your report. But I can't reproduce your problem. You
do not include way to reproduce it nor the version of your c
I can't remove a directory. I want to remove a lot of users. I am root but
I get a message "can't unlink directory"
rm -Rvif _ is the command I am using
can you help
thanks very much
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I somehoe have a file named "--help.file", and I have no way
to remove it using "rm", could you look into it and give me
a hint?
Thanks,
Michelle Guo
Ted
> Help! Am I doing something wrong, or is this a true bug? man page says it
> should recurse...
This is not a bug. The rm command is operating correctly. This is
the same correct behavior as other typical programs such as ls -R,
chmod -R, chown -R, etc. Try 'ls -R *.exe&#x
Dear Sirs,
I am a linux administrator in a large school district. We are running
samba for print and file service. The students will often clog up their
home directories with lots of illicit software. I edited the crontabs to
run a script that would clean out any *.exe or *.EXE files. I tried t
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