[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #63265] rmdir fails to remove directory containing read-only files

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #14, bug #63265 (project octave):

`unlink` is an Octave-only function. So, there is no Matlab-compatibility
concern any way. 
I'd guess that most functions are written with the behavior of the POSIX
function in mind that doesn't know of a read-only file attribute. So, I don't
know if there are many (or any?) places where we (intentionally) rely on the
current behavior of `unlink` on Windows.

I agree that it might be a lower risk to just change the function(s) that are
affected with compatibility issues. I was only wondering if that justifies the
additional complexity.

Both approaches are fine with me. 
I understand that the consensus is that we should add a version of `unlink`
that ignores the read-only file attribute on Windows.



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