Sounds like it says you must not write those error message if -f is used.
Kind of a strange requirement as `2>/dev/null` would do that.
On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 20:14:58 +0200
Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 02:08:24PM -0300, Marc Collin wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I found a case where sbase rm command fails but doesn't output any
> > error message, making it look like it succeeded.
> >
> > mkdir ./test
> > mkdir ./test/test
> > sudo chown root:root ./test
> > sudo chown root:root ./test/test
> > rm -rf ./test
> >
> > rm won't output anything and exit (apparently) cleanly.
> > But the ./test directory won't be deleted.
> > Shouldn't a meaningful message be printed to warn about the failure?
> >
> > Regards.
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> Regarding the status code: you specify -f so the exit status is not
> modified[0].
>
> I'm not sure if it's required to print a warning message with the -f option.
> My interpretation is it's not neccesary. However on OpenBSD it says:
>
> $ rm -rf test/
> rm: test/test: Permission denied
> rm: test: Operation not permitted
>
> I don't fully understand the wording in POSIX on the page[0].
>
> [0] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/rm.html
>
Received on Fri Jun 16 2017 - 20:20:11 CEST