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removeFile and directories and symlinks to directories #3

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gracjan opened this issue Jun 10, 2014 · 4 comments
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removeFile and directories and symlinks to directories #3

gracjan opened this issue Jun 10, 2014 · 4 comments
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type: x-duplicate This is a duplicate of another issue in this project.

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gracjan commented Jun 10, 2014

Prelude System.Directory> removeFile "a-symlink-to-a-directory"
Prelude System.Directory> removeFile "a-directory"
*** Exception: a-directory: removeLink: permission denied (Operation not permitted)
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hvr commented Dec 19, 2014

...what should happen instead?

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ezyang commented Jan 6, 2015

This behavior is consistent with Python's os.path.remove

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It's also consistent with unlink.

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gracjan commented Feb 18, 2015

Agree. The recursive function is the problem in #15, not the one here.

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@Rufflewind Rufflewind added type: x-duplicate This is a duplicate of another issue in this project. and removed blocked: need-more-info Progress cannot be made without additional information from the reporter. labels Dec 25, 2019
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