Paul Eggert wrote:
> It has other uses, too. For example, tar uses it to efficiently
> remove non-directories while leaving directories alone.
OK, I withdraw the criticism. Nice code-sharing.
Bruno
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Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Reading the comments in
> http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/coreutils/coreutils/src/remove.c?rev=1.126&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
> it seems that the only use of this function is to speed up the removal of
> a non-empty directory.
It has
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Why not add to gnulib a module with a function rmdir_recursive() instead?
> This function would remove a directory, including its contents.
coreutils' remove.c might fit the bill, in that it's robust.
But currently it's not strictly library-clean in th
Paul Eggert wrote:
> I installed this, imported from coreutils. It addresses the issue
> that `unlink ("directory")' works on some hosts (e.g., Solaris,
> OpenBSD) but not others (e.g., GNU/Linux, FreeBSD). Solaris 10 has a
> new wrinkle: you can add/remove the privilege of unlinking a
> director
