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bug#45924: RFE: rmdir -r: recursively remove [empty] directories under t
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L A Walsh |
Subject: |
bug#45924: RFE: rmdir -r: recursively remove [empty] directories under the target. |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:29:15 -0800 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) |
Every once in a while, I want to remove what I believe to be
an empty directory tree, safely.
I wondered, why not have rmdir have a recursive option
that would remove all directories under a given directory,
presuming they were empty. That way I can try to remove
the tree, removing what it can, and only failing if it
ran into a file that prevented the removal.
I'd _at least_, have it do a depth-first removal and halt
with a ENOTEMPTY status if an rmdir failed to remove a
directory due to it not being empty.
So for dirs one,two,three + file dir 'two' next to three:
one-+two-+three
|-file
rmdir -r one would first remove
one/two/three,
then fail removing one/two because 'two wasn't empty'.
--- probably, I think adding a mode like "--failearly"
should also be available to have rmdir fail on the recursive
descent if it encountered non-dir while descending.
Yes, you could do it some other way, like by using 'find',
but since it is about removing directories, having the option
under rmdir would seem a natural place to put it.
Useful?
- bug#45924: RFE: rmdir -r: recursively remove [empty] directories under the target.,
L A Walsh <=