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Re: removal of package directories on purge, and mount points



On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 09:14:16PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> Em Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:03:51 -0600, "Jamin W. Collins" escreveu:
> 
> > Is there some graceful way around this?
> 
> I guess simply:
> 
> rm /path || true
> 
> That's what I've been doing.

rm won't remove the potentially empty directories (unless you use -rf,
which is in itself normally a bad thing).  Additionally, the above would
continue to trodge forward even with critical errors.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins

Remember, root always has a loaded gun.  Don't run around with it unless
you absolutely need it. -- Vineet Kumar



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