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rm no longer prompts on unwritable files
From: |
Vin Shelton |
Subject: |
rm no longer prompts on unwritable files |
Date: |
17 Feb 2001 22:24:14 -0500 |
Jim et al,
It used to be that if I tried to remove I file which I didn't have
write permission for, rm would prompt me:
: zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; !tou
touch xxx;chmod 444 xxx
: zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; /bin/rm --version
rm (GNU fileutils) 4.0p
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
: zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; /bin/rm xxx
/bin/rm: remove write-protected file `xxx'? y
This is no longer the case, however:
: zion ~ Sat 17 22:20; !tou
touch xxx;chmod 444 xxx
: zion ~ Sat 17 22:21; rm --version
rm (fileutils) 4.0.40
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
: zion ~ Sat 17 22:21; rm xxx
I can't see any option to get the old behavior back. Was the change
intentional?
Thanks,
vin shelton
- rm no longer prompts on unwritable files,
Vin Shelton <=