From f97b02c197657c1e40f57d2ab98b2a83252e1282 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:50:38 +0000 Subject: New option for rm: --interactive=once (-I). Document it, along with change to rm --interactive. --- NEWS | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e641a1bf4..6c4be07e6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- if your locale settings appear to be messed up. This change attempts to have the default be the best of both worlds. + rm --interactive now takes an optional argument, although the + default of using no argument still acts like -i. + mkfifo and mknod no longer set special mode bits (setuid, setgid, and sticky) with the -m option. @@ -71,6 +74,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- updating its access time, on hosts that support this (currently only Linux kernels, version 2.6.8 and later). + rm now accepts the -I (--interactive=once) option. This new option + prompts once if rm is invoked recursively or if more than three + files are being deleted, which is less intrusive than -i prompting + for every file, but provides almost the same level of protection + against mistakes. + sort now accepts the --random-sort (-R) option and `R' ordering option, as well as the --seed=STRING option. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2