A More Complex Case: rm-rf-with-file.t (continued 7)

• In case where I have read and execute permissions on the third-level subdirectory, I can see the file a and its metadata.

        $ ls -l foo_10237_0500/
        total 4
        -rw-rw-r-- 1 jkeenan jkeenan 2 Jul 20 13:06 a

• But because I lacked write permissions on the directory, I was unable to delete file a.

  • Which meant that rm -rf ground to a halt