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35 | .\" @(#)rm.1 6.9 (Berkeley) 7/27/91 | |
36 | .\" | |
37 | .Dd July 27, 1991 | |
38 | .Dt RM 1 | |
39 | .Os | |
40 | .Sh NAME | |
41 | .Nm rm | |
42 | .Nd Remove directory entries. | |
43 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
44 | .Nm rm | |
45 | .Op Fl f | Fl i | |
46 | .Op Fl dRr | |
47 | .Ar file ... | |
48 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
49 | The | |
50 | .Nm rm | |
51 | utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified on the | |
52 | command line. | |
53 | If the permissions of the file do not permit writing, and the standard | |
54 | input device is a terminal, the user is prompted (on the standard error | |
55 | output) for confirmation. | |
56 | .Pp | |
57 | The options are as follows: | |
58 | .Bl -tag -width flag | |
59 | .It Fl d | |
60 | Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files. | |
61 | .It Fl f | |
62 | Attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation, | |
63 | regardless of the file's permissions. | |
64 | If the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic message or modify | |
65 | the exit status to reflect an error. | |
66 | The | |
67 | .Fl f | |
68 | option overrides any previous | |
69 | .Fl i | |
70 | options. | |
71 | .It Fl i | |
72 | Request confirmation before attempting to remove each file, regardless of | |
73 | the file's permissions, or whether or not the standard input device is a | |
74 | terminal. | |
75 | The | |
76 | .Fl i | |
77 | option overrides any previous | |
78 | .Fl f | |
79 | options. | |
80 | .It Fl R | |
81 | Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument. | |
82 | The | |
83 | .Fl R | |
84 | option implies the | |
85 | .Fl d | |
86 | option. | |
87 | If the | |
88 | .Fl i | |
89 | option is specified, the user is prompted for confirmation before | |
90 | each directory's contents are processed (as well as before the attempt | |
91 | is made to remove the directory). | |
92 | If the user does not respond affirmatively, the file hierarchy rooted in | |
93 | that directory is skipped. | |
94 | .Pp | |
95 | .It Fl r | |
96 | Equivalent to | |
97 | .Fl R . | |
98 | .El | |
99 | .Pp | |
100 | The | |
101 | .Nm rm | |
102 | utility removes symbolic links, not the files referenced by the links. | |
103 | .Pp | |
104 | It is an error to attempt to remove the files ``.'' and ``..''. | |
105 | .Pp | |
106 | The | |
107 | .Nm rm | |
108 | utility exits 0 if all of the named files or file hierarchies were removed, | |
109 | or if the | |
110 | .Fl f | |
111 | option was specified and all of the existing files or file hierarchies were | |
112 | removed. | |
113 | If an error occurs, | |
114 | .Nm rm | |
115 | exits with a value >0. | |
116 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
117 | .Xr rmdir 1 , | |
118 | .Xr unlink 2 , | |
119 | .Xr fts 3 | |
120 | .Sh COMPATIBILITY | |
121 | The | |
122 | .Nm rm | |
123 | utility differs from historical implementations in that the | |
124 | .Fl f | |
125 | option only masks attempts to remove non-existent files instead of | |
126 | masking a large variety of errors. | |
127 | .Pp | |
128 | Also, historical | |
129 | .Bx | |
130 | implementations prompted on the standard output, | |
131 | not the standard error output. | |
132 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
133 | The | |
134 | .Nm rm | |
135 | command is expected to be | |
136 | .St -p1003.2 | |
137 | compatible. |