[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Ed Avis wrote: >> > In that case could I make a feature request for a new flag >> > >> > -F, --really-force >> > As --force but also change permissions if necessary. >> >> It's feasible. >> I'm not enthusiastic about this, but not strongly opposed either. >> Let's see if anyone else has strong opinions on the matter. > > Adding a new option would not break any previously existing scripts. > So I agree that it is feasible. But I don't prefer it since its use > would not be portable systems which are standard but don't have this > extension.
Don't worry :-) I looked into it a little, and am now even less enthusiastic. Doing it right would mean changes that are way too invasive. They'd have to handle failed chdir, opendir, readdir and retry after a chmod. rm is plenty complicated already. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils