[debbugs-tracker] bug#9931: closed (Remove a non empty directory)

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> Remove a non empty directory
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> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:55:47 +0100
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> Hello,
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> I use Putty to connect my ReadyNas Ultra2 in SSH mode.  
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> My problem is I can't remove a non empty directory because there's no "-r" option in "rmdir".
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> How can I have a recursive function ?
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> Thanks,
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> Best regards,
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> Olivier 
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> On 11/01/2011 04:55 AM, Olivier LE GUEN wrote:
> >   My problem is I can't remove a non empty directory because there's no "-r" option in 
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> Thanks for the report.  However, this is unlikely to be changed in 
> 'rmdir', because POSIX already standardized 'rm -r' as the way to 
> recursively remove directories.  So many people are used to 'rm -r' 
> doing what you are asking for, that adding an extension of 'rmdir -r' as 
> an alternative would only cause confusion, not to mention that the 
> extension would not be available everywhere like 'rm -r' already is.
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