Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Feb 2000 22:12:33 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: 'core' (patch) |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Guest section DW wrote:
> 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. >
Correct. And it won't remove a directory without the '-r'. So the original writer used the directory name to assure that it had an argument. In changing the name (which they are not going to do), I followed the same template.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.41 on an i686 machine (800.63 BogoMips).
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