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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!news From: gord@enci.ucalgary.ca (Gord Matzigkeit) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: "foo is a directory" error Date: 25 Jul 1995 13:00:15 -0600 Organization: Civil Engineering, University of Calgary Lines: 38 Message-ID: <npu48aada8.fsf@enci.ucalgary.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: @casual1.enci.ucalgary.ca X-Newsreader: (ding) Gnus v0.97.2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi! I have one minor nit with FreeBSD-2.0.5-950622-SNAP: bartok% mkdir hello; touch hello/foo ; /bin/rm -rf hello bartok% mkdir hello; touch hello/foo ; /bin/rm -rf hello/ rm: hello/: Is a directory bartok% (and hello is left behind, though foo has been properly removed) This is bad. It breaks many GNU programs, such as bash's filename completion, strip, and any others who like to say "hello/". I am sure that it is a C library bug, since it appears in many programs that I've tested. Do any of the developers have comments or workarounds for this? - - --Gordon - - -- Gordon Matzigkeit | Frosted Lucky Charms: mathematically fallacious gord@enci.ucalgary.ca | PGP mail preferred... finger me for my key. Keyprint: D5 66 08 E0 4D F4 D7 7B 8A C8 8A 9C 7F 39 25 A7 - ID 339ABEB9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.2, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBMBU/NiFsfCEzmr65AQFSTAP+NGw8p8mH8S1u1qqoVlBgjixOYMDyrD+f NZhDO3/pl/IlwV8RCR59Q5hi2xNz9+iMGSSjnC9NpDqfsk06pIlxCMvSmIoVvvPI onYNC7f/um0knsLMUwXka0quTc4ACIuQsVQt9OM5euWDzWRtUvJsCOLgyJ1U0o9P dr9VOu1KiG0= =LWEx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----