[patch] rm can have undesired side-effects

[Steven Hartland]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joerg Pernfuss" <elessar at bsdforen.de>
>> I guess that it can be fixed (in case it is not desired) by:
>>  - Ignoring the -P option when the link count is greater then one, or
>
> Silently ignoring user specified options is seldom a good way to go.
> The user explicitly stated he wants to wipe the file contents.

That maybe the case but does rm -f <file> remove all copies?
Nope so its behaviour is safe even with multiple hardlinks.

>From the description I've seen thats not the case for -P
here and as such I dont think its quite a simple as that.

My personal preference would be for it to warn or perhaps
error if the link count is not zero. Possibly use -f to
override this but even that I'd say is dangerous.


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