Bug 68955

Summary:	#rm -f when executed on a read-only partition does not suppress the diagnostic message "# rm -f README rm: README: Read-only file system".
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Per Lanvin <per.lanvin>
Component:	bin	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Per Lanvin 2004-07-12 19:30:21 UTC

See "One line summary of the problem".

How-To-Repeat: See "One line summary of the problem".

Comment 1 Volker Stolz freebsd_committer

2004-07-20 09:13:31 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

This is a feature. From the man-page: 
"-f [...] If the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic message or modify the 
exit status to reflect an error. 
...the -f option only masks attempts to remove non-existent files instead of mask- 
ing a large variety of errors."

Comment 2 Volker Stolz freebsd_committer

2004-07-20 09:13:31 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-bugs