Re: [9fans] ls, rc question -- proposed change to rc/glob.c

[Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>]

> >>	rm
> >>		removes all entries, including hidden ones
> 
> it did years ago, but i don't think it does now.

>it does.[?]

term% mkdir a
term% mkdir b
term% >a/x
term% >b/x
term% bind -b b a
term% ls a
a/x
a/x
term% rm a/x
term% ls a
a/x

i'm fairly sure it once had some code to do that but it doesn't now.

rm -r will remove them all -- but that's exactly what it's
supposed to do: empty the directory, surely!
indeed, it's interesting that here's an example where the underlying
mechanism seems to encourage just the right behaviour!

i also note that ls a showed two x's the first time,
then i removed one, leaving one, which seems good accounting
to me ...  in fact, with the `show only one name' approach,
surely it would be the Ruby principle of least surprise
to leave `a' empty so rm should revert to its `questionable' behaviour!