"rm -rf" [4.0p] doesn't

[Don Buchholz]

My understanding of "-f" might be incorrect ... I thought "-f"
would force rm(1) into removing a file, even if it was mode 444.

However, the version shipped w/ RedHat 6.2 (fileutils v4.0p)
doesn't work as expected.  For example, if I extracted the
attached (gzip'd) tar file, I would expect:

        # tar xvfz breaks_rm-rf.tar.gz
        # /bin/rm -rf sis900

to simply, and quietly, remove the entire tree.  It doesn't.
(Maybe I spent too many years with SunOS and Solaris?)

Thanks,  
- Don

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breaks_rm-rf.tar.gz
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