Re: rm -f *.obj exits with error on nonexisting file

[Sascha Kolb]

2006/8/17, Daniel <address@hidden>:
> Am Mittwoch, 16. August 2006 19:56 schrieb Sascha Kolb:
> > Hi I am wondering,
> >
> > I have different versions of rm.exe with exits with error  if I use
> > wildcards with -f parameter and there is no file existing.
> >
> > RM:= rm -f
> >
> > We have many clean targets that make
> >
> > $(RM)  *.obj
> >
> > on the first rebuild after fetching the source code it is really anoying
> > that we get so many stderros about this topic.
> > cannot remove `*.o': Invalid argument
> >
> > 1. Is this desired behaviour, expeciall with -f switch ?
>
> oh, -f... I' wondering, too. On Linux -f does not report if the file does
> not
> exists. Is this an special behavior on Win?
>
> > 2. Is there any way to disable this behaviour ?
>
> yeah, -f :)
>
> rm --help says:
> -f, --force           ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>
> Would you please try to delete a nonexisting file?
>
> # rm -f i_do_not_exist.foo
>
> And then post the output?
>
> Daniel



I always use -f :

That's why I am wondering !



Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.



T:\Temp>rm -f *.o

rm: cannot remove `*.o': Invalid argument



T:\Temp>rm -f *.obj

rm: cannot remove `*.obj': Invalid argument



T:\Temp>rm --version

rm (fileutils) 4.1

Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.



Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO

warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



Tanks for ur support