#!/bin/sh # rm should not prompt before removing a dangling symlink. # Likewise for a non-dangling symlink. # But for fileutils-4.1.9, it would do the former and # for fileutils-4.1.10 the latter. # Copyright (C) 2002, 2004-2006, 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src print_ver_ rm ln -s no-file dangle ln -s / symlink rm ---presume-input-tty dangle symlink & pid=$! # The buggy rm (fileutils-4.1.9) would hang here, waiting for input. # Wait up to 3.1s for rm to remove the files check_files_removed() { local delay="$1" local present=0 ls -l dangle > /dev/null 2>&1 && present=1 ls -l symlink > /dev/null 2>&1 && present=1 test $present = 1 && { sleep $delay; return 1; } || : } retry_delay_ check_files_removed .1 5 || fail=1 kill $pid > /dev/null 2>&1 Exit $fail