Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/find
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: SODA Noriyuki <soda@sra.co.jp>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 02/09/2007 00:30:04
>>>>> On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:40:09 -0500,
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> said:
>> That's exactly why I don't prefer "-rm" for this option.
>> If it's "-rm", "find /usr/src -rm" should work.
> Then perhaps we should make it work,
So, we now reached the conclusion that current implementation
shouldn't have the name "-rm". Right?
> and rename "delete" to something like "saferm" or some
> such. "-delete" sounds, on its face, like something that removes
> files, not something that "safely removes only certain files".
I would agree, if NetBSD was the first OS which implemented the option.
But I think it's too late, and we should keep the name "-delete"
just because of the compatibility with FreeBSD.
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soda