From a33bc185a5076ea5f6b478ec08b2a806773afb57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefin <stefin@pm.me>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:09:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] rm: added check for write protected regular empty file

Signed-off-by: Stefin <stefin@pm.me>
---
 src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs b/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
index 80f1c8cd9..571a6d2c0 100644
--- a/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
+++ b/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
@@ -420,7 +420,15 @@ fn prompt_write_protected(path: &Path, is_dir: bool, options: &Options) -> bool
                 if is_dir {
                     prompt(&(format!("rm: remove write-protected directory {}? ", path.quote())))
                 } else {
-                    prompt(&(format!("rm: remove write-protected file {}? ", path.quote())))
+                    if fs::metadata(path).unwrap().len() == 0 {
+                        return prompt(
+                            &(format!(
+                                "rm: remove write-protected regular empty file {}? ",
+                                path.quote()
+                            )),
+                        );
+                    }
+                    prompt(&(format!("rm: remove write-protected regular file {}? ", path.quote())))
                 }
             } else {
                 true