On 5/6/23 09:48, Philip Rowlands wrote:
> As mentioned in the coreutils gotchas, rm cannot always delete directory
> hierarchies.
>
> I'm sure the folks on this list could write
>
> $ find -type d -exec chmod +wx {} +
>
> in their sleep but it's not the most obvious way out of unwritable
> directories.
>
> Feels like a long shot, but could we add a new option to rm to add wx bits to
> each directory encountered during a --recursive walk?
>
> Perhaps -ff for "double force"? :) I looked for prior art in the *BSDs, but
> found nothing.
Or just honor normal -f like toybox has done for the past decade?
https://github.com/landley/toybox/commit/5ce682e4f4b0
Rob
