rm returns 0 although directory didn't exist and wasn't deleted ?

[Fred Morcos]

You used -f which means rm will not complain if a file or directory
cannot be deleted (or does not exist in the first place).

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Damien Fleuriot <ml at my.gd> wrote:
> I've stumbled upon this *so weird* behaviour.
>
>
>
> # ls -la /var/tmp/stunnel/
> ls: /var/tmp/stunnel/: No such file or directory
>
>                                                               # rm -Rf
> /var/tmp/stunnel/
>
>                                                               # echo $?
> 0
>
>
>
> Anyone knows if that's intended ?
>
> FreeBSD pf2.[snip].com 8.3-STABLE FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 19
> 10:45:31 CEST 2012
>
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