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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re:
Date: 3 Aug 1995 05:53:49 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Message-ID: <3vpo9d$bu4@park.uvsc.edu>
References: <npu48aada8.fsf@enci.ucalgary.ca> <3v7hie$qk0@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>
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j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote:
] Gord Matzigkeit <gord@enci.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
]
] >bartok% mkdir hello; touch hello/foo ; /bin/rm -rf hello/
] >rm: hello/: Is a directory
]
] A known problem, has been discussed long ago. No easy solution, the
] problem is deep in namei() in the kernel and related to the way
] namei() is interpreting null pathname components (the trailing slash
] implies a null component after it from namei()'s point of view).
]
] After a few experiments, it has been decided that the curent state of
] the art will stay, since all other solutions opened a can of worms
] elsewhere.
This is claimed to be fixed in current as of 2 days ago.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.