[PATCH] commands: rm: add -f option to ignore nonexistent files
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Fri Jul 7 01:18:14 PDT 2023
rm supports multiple arguments, but will stop at the first nonexistent
file and print an error message that can't be silenced. Mimic other
implementations and implement -f for silently ignoring nonexistent files.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
commands/Kconfig | 3 ++-
commands/rm.c | 12 ++++++++----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/commands/Kconfig b/commands/Kconfig
index 7ca7b56fa54e..d6db312ced42 100644
--- a/commands/Kconfig
+++ b/commands/Kconfig
@@ -1028,10 +1028,11 @@ config CMD_RM
help
Remove files
- Usage: rm [-r] FILES...
+ Usage: rm [-rf] FILES...
Options:
-r remove directories and their contents recursively
+ -f ignore nonexistent files
config CMD_RMDIR
tristate
diff --git a/commands/rm.c b/commands/rm.c
index be5c19222141..d23c84e0c012 100644
--- a/commands/rm.c
+++ b/commands/rm.c
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@
static int do_rm(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- int i, opt, recursive = 0;
+ int i, opt, recursive = 0, force = 0;
- while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "r")) > 0) {
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "rf")) > 0) {
switch (opt) {
case 'r':
recursive = 1;
break;
+ case 'f':
+ force = 1;
+ break;
default:
return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
}
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ static int do_rm(int argc, char *argv[])
ret = unlink_recursive(argv[i], NULL);
else
ret = unlink(argv[i]);
- if (ret) {
+ if (ret && !force) {
printf("could not remove %s: %m\n", argv[i]);
return 1;
}
@@ -49,12 +52,13 @@ static int do_rm(int argc, char *argv[])
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_START(rm)
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-r", "remove directories and their contents recursively")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-f", "ignore nonexistent files")
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
BAREBOX_CMD_START(rm)
.cmd = do_rm,
BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("remove files")
- BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-r] FILES...")
+ BAREBOX_CMD_OPTS("[-rf] FILES...")
BAREBOX_CMD_GROUP(CMD_GRP_FILE)
BAREBOX_CMD_HELP(cmd_rm_help)
BAREBOX_CMD_END
--
2.39.2
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