[PATCH] commands: rm: add -f option to ignore nonexistent files

[Sascha Hauer]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 10:18:14AM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> 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;
>  		}

To align better with standard rm this should rather be like:

		if (ret) {
			if (!force || ret != -ENOENT)
				printf("could not remove '%s': %m\n", argv[i]);
			if (!force)
				return 1;
		}

Sascha

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