Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >>> That would be exactly the other way round, i. e. provide an optional >>> "-i" argument like "rm *" is doing in Unix. >>> >>> The default shall be not to ask any questions. >> rm defaults to not asking questions in *some* cases, but to asking in >> others. Hence the -f flag to rm. > > Oops??? "rm" never asks unless you ask it to ask.
Not true. It will ask if you don't have write permission to the file, even if you are able to delete because you have write permission to the directory. The -f flag wouldn't be there if it were a no-op... -Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users