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    Problem Report Number 2678
    Submitter's Classification Minor System Fault
    State Resolved
    Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Problem Resolution ID REJ.X.0695
    Raised 2016-08-17 09:48
    Updated 2016-09-22 10:30
    Published 2016-09-22 10:30
    Product Standard Commands and Utilities V4 (UNIX 03)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSC version 5.3.10
    Test Identification POSIX.cmd/rm/rm 7
    Specification Shell and Utilities Issue 6
    Location in Spec Assertion 7 in section 4.53.2 of standard P1003.3.2/D8.
    Problem Summary The command "rm ./" with a trailing '/' does not write to stderr if stderr is redirected to a file in the
    current directory.
    Problem Text If you execute the sequence of commands

    mkdir dir007.tmp
    cd dir007.tmp
    touch ../flag007.tmp
    rm -r ./ ../flag0007.tmp > out 2> err

    the files err and out are removed, so it appears that nothing is written to stderr. If you execute

    rm -r ./ ../flag0007.tmp > ../out 2> ../err

    then you can see an error message in ../err.
    Test Output Assertion #7 (A): rm with a pathname whose last component is dot
    Standard error is empty

    Review Information

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date 2016-08-17 09:48
    Last Updated 2016-08-17 10:38
    Completed 2016-08-17 10:38
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Review Conclusion This request is rejected.

    It is clear that what has happened here is that rm removed the contents
    of the directory "./" and then attempted to use rmdir() to remove the
    directory itself, which failed. The standard is clear that the contents
    of the directory must not be removed ("rm shall write a diagnostic
    message to standard error and do nothing more with such operands").
    Removal of the directory contents is data loss and can not be
    considered a minor fault.

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