Bug 83741 – rm command from fileutils-4.1.9-11 when used with -i option behaves a rm -ri

Bug 83741 - rm command from fileutils-4.1.9-11 when used with -i option behaves a rm -ri

Summary:	rm command from fileutils-4.1.9-11 when used with -i option behaves a rm -ri

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	fileutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Tim Waugh
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Reported:	2003-02-07 14:50 EST by Vikram Goyal
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:50 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-02-07 15:58:32 EST
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Description Vikram Goyal 2003-02-07 14:50:04 EST

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 15:58:32 EST

coreutils has the behaviour you want.

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