On 2007-08-11 10:01:40 +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > What OS (and version) is the NFS server running?
Debian/woody. > What is the type of file system on the NFS server? I can ask on Monday. Otherwise is there a way to know that from the client side? > As you know, there were changes last year in how upstream GNU rm works > in certain NFS/HFS scenarios. E.g., here's a NEWS entry from > coreutils-6.4 (2006-10-22): > > rm works around a bug in Darwin 7.9.0 (MacOS X 10.3.9) that would > sometimes keep it from removing all entries in a directory on an HFS+ > or NFS-mounted partition. Yes, but it has became worse under Linux (at least when the -f option isn't provided). I think I'll end up in writing my own "rm -r"... -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
