On 14/03/17 13:56, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:30 AM, Jon Ribbens <jon+use...@unequivocal.eu> wrote:
rm does not ask before deleting. However some Linux distributions
take it upon themselves to put "alias rm='rm -i'" in /etc/profile.
I have no such alias, but it still prompts.
[snip]
This is the GNU coreutils rm command. Obviously behaviour may be
different with non-GNU rm's.
Yes, I believe this is something extra that particular versions of 'rm'
may do (over and above the POSIX/unlink() semantics discussed already).
Although one has permission at the OS/filesystem level to unlink the
file, unless '-f' is specified they may still ask ('-i' behaviour) if
that file is otherwise not modifiable by the user running the command,
as a safety net.
E.
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