On Sun, 2014-06-08 at 10:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > That's strange, since "rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty" seemingly > shouldn't remove the directory. I wasn't aware about this, so I tested > it, resp. compared it to "rm -r" [1]. > > Perhaps you should post the complete script, the culprit seems not to be > "rmdir". > > [1] > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ touch ~/Desktop/test ~/Desktop/.test > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl Desktop > total 0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:33 test > -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:33 .test > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ rm -r ~/Desktop > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAld Desktop > ls: cannot access Desktop: No such file or directory > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ mkdir Desktop ; touch ~/Desktop/test > ~/Desktop/.test > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl Desktop > total 0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:34 test > -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:34 .test > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ~/Desktop > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAld Desktop > drwxr-xr-x 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Jun 8 10:34 Desktop
PS: But rmdir doesn't remove "empty" the directory ;). [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ~/Desktop [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl ~/Desktop total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:34 test -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:34 .test -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1402217056.810.12.camel@archlinux
