Re: rm feature request

[Ulrich Drepper]

address@hidden (Ian Lynagh) writes:

> /* Make target directory u+rwx if it isn't already */
> if ((!(fs->mode & S_IRUSR) || !(fs->mode & S_IWUSR) || !(fs->mode & S_IXUSR))
>         && !x->interactive)
>   /* We don't care about errors here, let them get caught below */
>   chmod (dir_name, fs->mode | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR);
> 
> before trying to chdir but Jim Meyering said that this went against
> history and standards.

It is both and it is something you can implement with other means.  I
don't think it's a good idea to add yet another option which when used
can surprise people.  For the same reason you use chmod 0 others might
do but they do *not* want to see their data being removed.

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