[patch] rm can have undesired side-effects

[Doug Barton]

Simon L. Nielsen wrote:

> Personally I think rm should do what you ask it to do - if you ask it
> to overwrite a file which has multiple links, well... though luck.  

Sorry, I disagree. It's not always obvious to the user when a file has
hard links, and I can't see any situation where the pre-recent-patch
behavior (overwriting the actual file when using -P on a hard link) is
the expected outcome.

It's all well and good to say, "tough luck," but I don't think that's
what our users expect.

Doug


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