From 52963f4a76809cde0fdefa1d8eacc0a102de38b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: david-sarah <david-sarah@jacaranda.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:42:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tahoe_rm.py: better error message when there is no path. refs
 #1292

---
 src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_rm.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_rm.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_rm.py
index 3b133d089..51fb28c35 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_rm.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/tahoe_rm.py
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ def rm(options):
     except UnknownAliasError, e:
         e.display(stderr)
         return 1
-    assert path
+    if not path:
+        print >>stderr, """
+'tahoe rm' can only unlink directory entries, so a path must be given."""
+        return 1
+
     url = nodeurl + "uri/%s" % urllib.quote(rootcap)
     url += "/" + escape_path(path)