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Re: bug while using rm ...
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Gaël Le Mignot |
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Re: bug while using rm ... |
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Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:12:50 +0100 |
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23 Nov 2002 21:58:45 +0100, tu as dit :
> Hello,
> I send something that looks like a bug found ... using rm.
> Now, we want to delete it with rm -R;
> a) $ rm -R foo // it works as expected.
> b) $ rm -R foo/ // error like below
> rm: cannot remove 'foo/': Invalid argument
> Can you reproduce it ? What is the problem ?
It's a known bug, when using "rm foo/" rm contacts the node foo and asks it
to remove "./" which, of course, doesn't work. When you use "rm foo" rm
contacts . and asks it to remove "./foo" which can work. Well, at least it's
what I understood.
I'm not sure where the fix should be (in libc ? in the program rm ?)
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