rm -v versus rmdir -v

[email protected] 6 Jun 2003 12:51:49 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.fileutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
rm -v reports to stdout as expected.

rmdir -v reports to stderr, which I had not expected.

It seems that these should be made to report to the same stream;
I would prefer non-errors from -v to go to stdout.

Thanks,

--Mike Bird
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