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bug#24730: rmdir/mkdir error(s) and/or not working "reciprocally" w/each
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L. A. Walsh |
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bug#24730: rmdir/mkdir error(s) and/or not working "reciprocally" w/each other |
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Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:49:44 -0700 |
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Thunderbird |
It doesn't seem rmdir and mkdir are behaving "reciprocally"...
If I type
mkdir -p ./a/b/c # no error
rmdir -p ./a/b/c # get error msg, but a,b,c removed.
1) thinking either rmdir shouldn't generate an error or mkdir should
mkdir -p a/../b # no error
rmdir -p a/../b # error, but a & b removed
2) similar comment to above -- leading to:
for rmdir, if "-p" is used, then as similar to "mkdir -p":
(no error if existing, make parent directories as needed)
rmdir -p should be
"no error if dir not empty, but directories are followed
and deleted as possible".
======> seems to be best wording & solution:
"mkdir -p", it seems should really be restated to:
follow given path and make directories as possible"
then "rmdir -p" could be
"follow given path and delete directories if empty"
Does that look reasonable?
linda w.
- bug#24730: rmdir/mkdir error(s) and/or not working "reciprocally" w/each other,
L. A. Walsh <=