Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:21:50 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Some improvements to rm(1) Message-ID: <CAF6rxgndL5MMQLgisuQVO4BCwFo3vY4usgAzbm6i2YOBLR%2BE3A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgm6J63M7JO4%2BxqwPNu1KwTrmEiOK5YKT5hYXb5yEag0Zg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxg=5aAyk88KcbuGhG1Nwn5HdYqMiaT7umX2EOLApDwOk4Q@mail.gmail.com> <20130426025049.GC50623@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <CAF6rxgm6J63M7JO4%2BxqwPNu1KwTrmEiOK5YKT5hYXb5yEag0Zg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 25 April 2013 22:56, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > On 25 April 2013 22:50, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:16:32PM -0400, Eitan Adler wrote: >>> Anyone have thoughts on the following? >>> >>> commit 82c78ba923d8ce4a1bfbb309658c49021c8bb384 >>> Author: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> >>> Date: Thu Apr 25 22:14:49 2013 -0400 >>> >>> Take some improvements from DragonFlyBSD: >>> - add const where appropriate >>> - add static where appropriate >>> - fix a whitespace issues >> >> The no-op changes look more correct to me. >> >> I think the -x option seems a bit odd. What is the use case? At a >> first thought, it seems to raise more questions than it resolves. > > It goes along with cp -x, find -x, and others. > > Quick example #1: You have /usr/ports /usr/ports/distfiles as > different mount points it lets you wipe /usr/ports without wiping your > distfile cache. > > Quick example #2: You have /usr/src/ null mounted in every user's > /home/ and you want to wipe one home directory. I just realized that this is a poor example because /usr/src/ is likely read-only, but the idea stands. -- Eitan Adler
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