Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > % mkdir -p fred/jim > % chmod a-x fred/jim > % rm -rf fred > rm: cannot chdir from `fred' to `jim': Permission denied > > But since I own the directory I could change the permissions and then > remove it. Shouldn't rm do this if I gave the 'force' option? I > thought that would take all measures necessary.
rm may not do that. POSIX prohibits it. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
