From: "bdimych (Dmitry Bolshakov)" Date: 2013-12-19T00:27:54+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:59190] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9260][Open] make FileUtils.rm_rf raise on errors Issue #9260 has been reported by bdimych (Dmitry Bolshakov). ---------------------------------------- Feature #9260: make FileUtils.rm_rf raise on errors https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9260 Author: bdimych (Dmitry Bolshakov) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: I did have read that "force" flag ignores StandardError, but it was unexpected for me because of linux's "rm -rf" fails if it can't delete. "rm --help" says "-f ignore nonexistent files" Imho it sounds better than just ignore all errors Why isn't it done this way? -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/