Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:16:14 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Fred Morcos <fred.morcos@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm returns 0 although directory didn't exist and wasn't deleted ? Message-ID: <4FE089AE.5050206@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <CAH3a3KWzhnt7Ykvn7vaF-Ej-juqUfa4iY%2BiSq_jSnxnY8MxzqA@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FE08093.1040607@my.gd> <CAH3a3KWzhnt7Ykvn7vaF-Ej-juqUfa4iY%2BiSq_jSnxnY8MxzqA@mail.gmail.com>
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I always assumed -f would only force removal, not modify the exit code. No bug then, working as intended, all good. Cheers On 6/19/12 3:43 PM, Fred Morcos wrote: > You used -f which means rm will not complain if a file or directory > cannot be deleted (or does not exist in the first place). > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote: >> I've stumbled upon this *so weird* behaviour. >> >> >> >> # ls -la /var/tmp/stunnel/ >> ls: /var/tmp/stunnel/: No such file or directory >> >> # rm -Rf >> /var/tmp/stunnel/ >> >> # echo $? >> 0 >> >> >> >> Anyone knows if that's intended ? >> >> FreeBSD pf2.[snip].com 8.3-STABLE FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 19 >> 10:45:31 CEST 2012 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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