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Add an option to rm to prevent recursive rm crossing mount points

Added by jorisgio about 9 years ago. Updated about 9 years ago.

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Assignee:
swildner
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Target version:
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Start date:
04/13/2013
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Description

With null mounts, rm -r in root can be dangerous. GNU rm as an option for that :

--one-file-system
              when removing a  hierarchy  recursively,  skip
              any directory that is on a file system differ‐
              ent from that  of  the  corresponding  command
              line argument

Here is an easy patch to add a similar option to rm.

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rm.patch (1.51 KB) rm.patch jorisgio, 04/13/2013 07:13 AM
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 #1

Updated by vsrinivas about 9 years ago

Looks good.

The same logic is already present in du, for example, so it's nice to have it be in all of the base utilities.

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Updated by swildner about 9 years ago

  • Assignee set to swildner

grab

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Updated by swildner about 9 years ago

Pushed, thanks!

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 #4

Updated by swildner about 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
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