Bug 75644 - rmdir -p path/ fails
Summary: rmdir -p path/ fails
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: fileutils
Version: 8.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-10-10 16:16 UTC by Luciano Rocha
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-10-22 14:00:29 UTC
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patch introducing code that strips trailing / in remove_parents() before the loop (345 bytes, patch)
2002-10-10 16:55 UTC, Luciano Rocha 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Luciano Rocha 2002-10-10 16:16:34 UTC 
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Description of problem:
the command rmdir -p fails when there's a trailing slash '/' in the path.
It succeeds in deleting the last component, but complains as if it didn't exist
and aborts.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.mkdir -p a/b/c
2.rmdir -p a/b/c/
3.ls a/b
	

Actual Results:  c deleted, mkdir complains c doesn't exist, aborts

Expected Results:  c deleted, b deleted, a deleted, no complain :)

Additional info:
Comment 1 Luciano Rocha 2002-10-10 16:55:45 UTC 
Created attachment 79805 [details]
patch introducing code that strips trailing / in remove_parents() before the loop
Comment 2 Tim Waugh 2002-10-11 15:39:05 UTC 
Thanks.
Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2002-10-22 14:00:17 UTC 
Fixed package is 4.1.9-12.
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