[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1362: SFTP: should removing a non-empty directory be permitted?

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#1362: SFTP: should removing a non-empty directory be permitted?
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 Reporter:  davidsarah         |           Owner:           
     Type:  defect             |          Status:  new      
 Priority:  minor              |       Milestone:  undecided
Component:  code-frontend      |         Version:  1.8.2    
 Keywords:  sftp sshfs delete  |   Launchpad Bug:           
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 The SFTP frontend currently allows deleting a non-empty directory. This is
 a well-defined and useful operation on a Tahoe filesystem, but it would
 not be allowed on a POSIX filesystem.

 It's unclear whether applications using SFTP via sshfs might rely on
 attempts to delete a non-empty directory being denied. In principle they
 could, but I've no evidence that this is common.

 TODO: check whether {{{rm [-r] [-f]}}} on platforms that support sshfs
 explicitly checks that a directory is empty before trying to delete it.

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