rm: Added descend messages for interactive mode Fixes #3817

src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs

@@ -303,13 +303,36 @@ fn handle_dir(path: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
             }
         } else {
             let mut dirs: VecDeque<DirEntry> = VecDeque::new();
+            // The Paths to not descend into. We need to this because WalkDir doesn't have a way, afaik, to not descend into a directory
+            // So we have to just ignore paths as they come up if they start with a path we aren't descending into
+            let mut not_descended: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
 
-            for entry in WalkDir::new(path) {
+            'outer: for entry in WalkDir::new(path) {
                 match entry {
                     Ok(entry) => {
+                        if options.interactive == InteractiveMode::Always {
+                            for not_descend in &not_descended {
+                                if entry.path().starts_with(not_descend) {
+                                    // We don't need to continue the rest of code in this loop if we are in a directory we don't want to descend into
+                                    continue 'outer;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                         let file_type = entry.file_type();
                         if file_type.is_dir() {
-                            dirs.push_back(entry);
+                            // If we are in Interactive Mode Always and the directory isn't empty we ask if we should descend else we push this directory onto dirs vector
+                            if options.interactive == InteractiveMode::Always
+                                && fs::read_dir(entry.path()).unwrap().count() != 0
+                            {
+                                // If we don't descend we push this directory onto our not_descended vector else we push this directory onto dirs vector
+                                if prompt_descend(entry.path()) {
+                                    dirs.push_back(entry);
+                                } else {
+                                    not_descended.push(entry.path().to_path_buf());
+                                }
+                            } else {
+                                dirs.push_back(entry);
+                            }
                         } else {
                             had_err = remove_file(entry.path(), options).bitor(had_err);
                         }
@@ -447,6 +470,10 @@ fn prompt_write_protected(path: &Path, is_dir: bool, options: &Options) -> bool
     }
 }
 
+fn prompt_descend(path: &Path) -> bool {
+    prompt(&(format!("rm: descend into directory {}? ", path.quote())))
+}
+
 fn prompt_file(path: &Path, is_dir: bool) -> bool {
     if is_dir {
         prompt(&(format!("rm: remove directory {}? ", path.quote())))

tests/by-util/test_rm.rs

@@ -353,6 +353,53 @@ fn test_rm_interactive_never() {
     assert!(!at.file_exists(file_2));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_rm_descend_directory() {
+    // This test descends into each directory and deletes the files and folders inside of them
+    // This test will have the rm process asks 6 question and us answering Y to them will delete all the files and folders
+    use std::io::Write;
+    use std::process::Child;
+
+    // Needed for talking with stdin on platforms where CRLF or LF matters
+    const END_OF_LINE: &str = if cfg!(windows) { "\r\n" } else { "\n" };
+
+    let yes = format!("y{}", END_OF_LINE);
+
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+
+    let file_1 = "a/at.txt";
+    let file_2 = "a/b/bt.txt";
+
+    at.mkdir_all("a/b/");
+    at.touch(file_1);
+    at.touch(file_2);
+
+    let mut child: Child = scene.ucmd().arg("-ri").arg("a").run_no_wait();
+
+    // Needed so that we can talk to the rm program
+    let mut child_stdin = child.stdin.take().unwrap();
+    child_stdin.write_all(yes.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    child_stdin.flush().unwrap();
+    child_stdin.write_all(yes.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    child_stdin.flush().unwrap();
+    child_stdin.write_all(yes.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    child_stdin.flush().unwrap();
+    child_stdin.write_all(yes.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    child_stdin.flush().unwrap();
+    child_stdin.write_all(yes.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    child_stdin.flush().unwrap();
+    child_stdin.write_all(yes.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    child_stdin.flush().unwrap();
+
+    child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+
+    assert!(!at.dir_exists("a/b"));
+    assert!(!at.dir_exists("a"));
+    assert!(!at.file_exists(file_1));
+    assert!(!at.file_exists(file_2));
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[ignore = "issue #3722"]
 fn test_rm_directory_rights_rm1() {