Bug 83741

Summary: rm command from fileutils-4.1.9-11 when used with -i option behaves a rm -ri
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Vikram Goyal <viki>
Component: fileutilsAssignee: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Vikram Goyal 2003-02-07 19:50:04 UTC
Description of problem:
rm removes directories and its contents interactively when given -i
option.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fileutils-4.1.9-11

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkdirhier foor/bar/foo/bar
2. rm -i foo
3.
    
Actual results:
removes directories and its contents interactively.

Expected results:
should refuse to unlink directories. rmdir is their for that. Or should
take -r flag to behave this way.

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Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2003-02-07 20:58:32 UTC
coreutils has the behaviour you want.