[ python-Bugs-1395442 ] os.remove should behave like rm, not unlink

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Bugs item #1395442, was opened at 2006-01-02 11:51
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
>Status: Deleted
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Chad Whitacre (whit537)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: os.remove should behave like rm, not unlink

Initial Comment:
Description
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As expected, os.unlink only removes the file reference
explicitly named, so if you have multiple links to the
same file, os.unlink leaves those not named. However, I
would expect os.remove to be equivalent to rm --
removing all references -- but it is a straight alias
for os.unlink. 


Environment
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Python 2.4.2
FreeBSD 4.11


Steps to Reproduce
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$ touch foo
$ ls -i
1689942 foo
$ ln foo bar
$ ls -i
1689942 bar     1689942 foo
$ python -c 'import os; os.remove("bar")'
$ l -i


Expected Result
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$ 


Actual Result
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1689942 foo
$ 


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>Comment By: Chad Whitacre (whit537)
Date: 2006-01-02 12:22

Message:
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Nevermind, that's not how rm behaves. *blush*

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