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commit c546c3a5724c81cee9a11d816a38ccdf17472129
parent c1341583c96307cb0e6152c963ed23c4d56a4278
Author: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>
Date:   Fri, 22 May 2026 10:55:39 -0700

rm: Don't ask for confirmation to remove symlinks

faccessat traverses symlinks, and does not support AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
in POSIX.

Diffstat:
M
libutil/rm.c
 | 
2
+-

1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/libutil/rm.c b/libutil/rm.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rm(int dirfd, const char *name, struct stat *st, void *data, struct recursor *r)
 	ignore = r->flags & IGNORE;
 	quiet = r->flags & SILENT;
 	ask = r->flags & CONFIRM;
-	write = faccessat(dirfd, name, W_OK, 0) == 0;
+	write = S_ISLNK(st->st_mode) || faccessat(dirfd, name, W_OK, 0) == 0;
 	flags = 0;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(st->st_mode) && r->maxdepth) {