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Diffstat (limited to 'src/remove.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/remove.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/remove.c b/src/remove.c index 87fb32bf9..c4b93fe7e 100644 --- a/src/remove.c +++ b/src/remove.c @@ -437,6 +437,18 @@ excise (FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent, struct rm_options const *x, bool is_dir) return RM_OK; } + /* The unlinkat from kernels like linux-2.6.32 reports EROFS even for + nonexistent files. When the file is indeed missing, map that to ENOENT, + so that rm -f ignores it, as required. Even without -f, this is useful + because it makes rm print the more precise diagnostic. */ + if (errno == EROFS) + { + struct stat st; + if ( ! (lstatat (fts->fts_cwd_fd, ent->fts_accpath, &st) + && errno == ENOENT)) + errno = EROFS; + } + if (ignorable_missing (x, errno)) return RM_OK; |