On 2019-09-02 17:22, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
Just recently I've been asked (off-list) why src/true.c needs to have
80+ lines while 3 lines would be enough.
This piqued my curiosity. Obvious comment header, localization, and
--{help,version} fluff aside, I was not aware of the
On 9/11/19 10:29 AM, Lady Aleena wrote:
I thank everyone who got involved with my little wish. I did not mean
for it to explode like this. I am entirely comfortable letting the whole
idea drop since there appears to be little to no support for it. I was
just an idle wish that crossed my mind
I thank everyone who got involved with my little wish. I did not mean
for it to explode like this. I am entirely comfortable letting the whole
idea drop since there appears to be little to no support for it. I was
just an idle wish that crossed my mind that I wanted to share.
Again, thank you
On 2019-09-02 01:03, Sami Kerola wrote:
I am not a maintainer, but I don't see any problem adding --interactive
long
only option. Getting a short option may clash with future posix
requirement,
so I believe they are not handed out without really good reasons.
Fear not; POSIX standardization
On 9/2/19 10:03 AM, Sami Kerola wrote:
[...] I don't see any problem adding --interactive long
only option.
a) Bloat:
Apart from the --parents option, rmdir(1) is just a simple
wrapper around rmdir(2).
Just recently I've been asked (off-list) why src/true.c needs
to have 80+ lines while 3
On Mon, 2 Sep 2019 at 05:50, Kaz Kylheku (Coreutils)
<962-396-1...@kylheku.com> wrote:
>
> On 2019-09-01 17:50, Leslie S Satenstein via GNU coreutils General
> Discussion wrote:
> > rmdir -i
>
> I don't see this in a fairly recent GNU Coreutils 8.28 installation.
> Must be very new?
I think '-i,
On 2019-09-01 17:50, Leslie S Satenstein via GNU coreutils General
Discussion wrote:
rmdir -i
I don't see this in a fairly recent GNU Coreutils 8.28 installation.
Must be very new?
There is some justification for such a thing. Though it may seem that
accidental
deletion of empty
rmdir -i
Regards
Leslie
Leslie Satenstein
Montréal Québec, Canada
On Sunday, September 1, 2019, 7:38:28 p.m. GMT-4, Lady Aleena
wrote:
Hello.
I would love to see a -i added to rmdir to prompt me before removals of
empty directories like rm has. It would give me another
