#637522 coreutils: [rm] symlinks - cannot remove `<dir>/': Is a directory

Package:
coreutils
Source:
coreutils
Description:
GNU core utilities
Submitter:
Jari Aalto
Date:
2021-09-22 04:46:28 UTC
Severity:
minor
#637522#5
Date:
2011-08-12 09:57:04 UTC
From:
To:
The rm(1) is little too simplistic to assume that trailing "/" is automatically a directory:

    $ ls -l
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 foo foo    15 Aug 12 10:53 monitor -> tmp/bug/monitor

    $ rm monitor/
    rm: cannot remove `monitor/': Is a directory

Whereas:

    $ rm monitor
    <no messages>

SUGGESTION

Please do a "unlink" regardless of checking if there is trailing slash
or not in the command line item string. If the unlink fails, then
return the error to the user.[*]

[*] there is no need to check "stat" either to verify that item is
non-directory as the error code of "unlink" would automatically notify
if the operation succeeds or not.
#637522#10
Date:
2011-08-12 10:37:40 UTC
From:
To:
Unfortunately POSIX requires that path names with trailing slashes are
treated as if '.' had been appended to them, i.e. as directories.  It
might be useful to implement a "--strip-trailing-slashes" option¹ for rm
so that you can create a suitable alias.

Cheers,
       Sven


¹ http://www.gnu.org/s/coreutils/manual/html_node/Trailing-slashes.html
#637522#15
Date:
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