Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:30:02 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Joerg Pernfuss <elessar@bsdforen.de> Subject: Re: [patch] rm can have undesired side-effects Message-ID: <200610301230.03595.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20061030003628.42bc5f8d@loki.starkstrom.lan> References: <20061029222847.GA68272@marvin.astase.com> <20061030003628.42bc5f8d@loki.starkstrom.lan>
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--nextPart2008763.zpj0jJP4Kn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 30 October 2006 10:06, Joerg Pernfuss wrote: > > I guess that it can be fixed (in case it is not desired) by: > > - Ignoring the -P option when the link count is greater then one, or > > Silently ignoring user specified options is seldom a good way to go. > The user explicitly stated he wants to wipe the file contents. I disagree that the user really meant to wipe the file if its link count is= =20 >1. IMO having rm -P not wipe the file if its link count is >1 is a good idea. if you are deleting a tree containing a file with links then this will resu= lt=20 in the file getting wiped in the end anyway because the link count will be = 1=20 after the first link is removed. Also, -f ONLY means to ignore permissions (or rather, try to ignore them). It would be easy enough to add a diagnostic message in the -P case where th= e=20 link count is >1. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart2008763.zpj0jJP4Kn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFRVyj5ZPcIHs/zowRAg52AJ9SsQVHPsITd2uk5/MC+X4K9t6FVACcDXy4 C1HE5WvjePcKs6rSu8+7o5U= =3NXT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2008763.zpj0jJP4Kn--
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