current-users: Re: Little prob with rm

Subject: Re: Little prob with rm
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/30/1994 11:25:17

Here's why I think rm should be made more forgiving and just remove
regardless of the trailing slash -- simple consitency:

	[michaelv@MindBender]~> mkdir blah
	[michaelv@MindBender]~> rmdir blah/
	[michaelv@MindBender]~> mkdir blah
	[michaelv@MindBender]~> rm -rf blah/
	rm: blah/: Is a directory.

				--Michael

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