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Re: cvs rm with parameter
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Larry Jones |
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Re: cvs rm with parameter |
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Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:22:51 -0400 (EDT) |
max.odendahl@t-online.de writes:
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> I did "cvs rm *.msg5" and get the error: file still in working
> directory. Therefor I removed the files first from the working
> directory, then do a "cvs rm *.msg5" again. But I get the error
> message: "nothing known about *.msg3"
That's because it's the shell that expands wildcards and once you delete
the files, there's nothing for it to expand to.
> I think this is a bug. I know that it works with cvs rm -f , but
> shoudn't the other way also work ?
No. That's why -f exists!
-Larry Jones
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