Package: rdfind
Version: 1.3.5-1
Severity: normal
It really tooks some time to parse manpage to know if rdfind by default
deletes anything or not. In the end I tested it on a test directory to be
sure. rdfind shouldn't delete anything, as the name suggests it only finds.
IN manpages:
-deleteduplicates true|false
Delete (unlink) files.
Add maybe: Default false.
Also the dry run mode is rather weird, and I think it requires some
clarification.
The existance of dryrun option started the whole problem, as manpage says:
-n, -dryrun true|(false)
displays what should have been done, don't actually delete or
link anything.
suggesting that by default rdfind does delete duplicates.
Adding small snippet in DESCRIPTION section:
By default `rdfind` only finds duplicates and reports how much space
would be saved by removing duplicates. To actually remove duplicates
see OPTIONS for possible actions.
would make it all obvious.
Regards,
Witold
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.utf8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=pl_PL.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages rdfind depends on:
ii libc6 2.27-3
ii libgcc1 1:8.1.0-5
ii libnettle6 3.4-1
ii libstdc++6 8.1.0-5
rdfind recommends no packages.
rdfind suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
