Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Feb 2000 03:07:19 +0100 | From | Guest section DW <> | Subject | Re: 'core' (patch) |
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 11:22:51AM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > I think it would be "nice" to change the kernel directory name, > presently "core", to "Core".
> - rm -f core `find . -type f -name '.*.flags' -print` > + rm -f Core `find . -type f -name '.*.flags' -print`
Funny. You see, many older versions of rm will give an error message when called without argument:
# rm -f Usage: rm [-dfirvR] [--directory] [--force] [--interactive] [--recursive] [--verbose] path...
So, a construction like rm -f core `find stuff` is meant to make sure that rm has at least one argument. This is not the directory name, but a dummy filename, chosen such that we don't mind if it is actually removed.
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