[tahoe-dev] down with filesystems! up with the web! -- Re: [tahoe-lafs] #776: users are confused by "tahoe rm"

Shawn Willden shawn at willden.org
Mon Dec 28 12:04:59 PST 2009


On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn <zooko at zooko.com> wrote:
> P.S.  My brother Nejucomo says that it should be named "tahoe unlink"
> instead of "tahoe rm".  I think that that would be a good usability
> improvement.

I considered suggesting that as well.  Unlink is a better name for the
operation.  Given the issue of backward compatibility with existing
scripts, perhaps it doesn't make sense to make the change, but it IS a
more accurate name.

-- 
Shawn


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