Re: rm

[Bob Proulx]

> Problem:
> Cannot recursively delete files
> 
> Steps to Produce:
> 
> 1. Have a dir structure with scattred .class files
> 2. rm -r *.class
> 3. error message:
>     rm -r *.class
>     rm: cannot remove `*.class': No such file or directory
> 
> They do exist!

Thanks for the bug report.  It included _almost_ everything.  But you
left out a step 4. 'ls -l *.class' so that we could see that those
files really did exist there.  It just leaves that nagging doubt about
typos being present.

> Have tried:
> rm -r ./*.class
> 
> doesnt work either.

The -r option only causes rm to remove the listed files if those files
are directories.  That probably does not apply here with *.class
files.  I doubt if any of those are directories.

> Platform:  Win2000
> GNU fileutils 4.0

The hard work the Cygwin team has put in to porting the GNU utilities
to Windows is greatly admired.  However the GNU team generally uses
UNIX systems and do not have access to Cygwin systems.  Most of us
can't help.  It would be most appreciated if you would make your bug
report directly to the Cygwin folks.  They are the experts and best
suited to handle your issues.

Cygwin Home Page:

  http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/

Cygwin Bug Report Guidelines.  This is a good reference for general bug
reporting.

  http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/bugs.html

Bob