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task #15997: safe-rm - a safe front end to rm using perl
Submitter: | Boud Roukema <boud> | ||
Submitted: | Fri 25 Jun 2021 08:40:14 PM UTC | ||
Should Start On: | Fri 25 Jun 2021 12:00:00 AM UTC | Should be Finished on: | Fri 25 Jun 2021 12:00:00 AM UTC |
Category: | Analysis | Priority: | 5 - Normal |
Status: | None | Privacy: | Public |
Percent Complete: | 0% | Assigned to: | None |
Open/Closed: | Open | Effort: | 0.00 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021 10:55:05 PM UTC, comment #2: |
Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi>![]() |
Fri 25 Jun 2021 08:42:23 PM UTC, comment #1: I'm setting this to the 'analysis' category, because I tend to think that users are more likely to do risky 'rm' commands in the analysis side of Maneage than in software . Though I could be wrong...
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Boud Roukema <boud>![]() |
Fri 25 Jun 2021 08:40:14 PM UTC, original submission:
The program safe-rm [1] is a perl script which acts as a front end to rm to reduce the chance of catastrophic results of using recursive, forced remove commands. This could provide an alternative to set -u (see task 15996 [2]) for this purpose.
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Boud Roukema <boud>![]() |
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We can set this as an optional package in 'high-level.mk' so if a user wants they can activate it. Perl is installed within 'basic.mk', so it will be easy to add as a high-level package.