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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| d1ca8f44 | 3 | .\" |
| b5dc1377 | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| d1ca8f44 | 5 | .\" |
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6 | .\" @(#)rm.1 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 7 | .\" | |
| 8 | .Dd | |
| 9 | .Dt RM 1 | |
| 10 | .Os BSD 4.4 | |
| 11 | .Sh NAME | |
| 12 | .Nm rm | |
| 13 | .Nd remove directory entries | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm rm | |
| 16 | .Op Fl f Li \&| Fl i | |
| 17 | .Op Fl Rr | |
| 18 | .Ar file ... | |
| 19 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 20 | The rm utility removes the directory entry specified by each | |
| 21 | file argument. | |
| 22 | .Pp | |
| 23 | The following options are available: | |
| 24 | .Tp Fl f | |
| 25 | Force each specified directory entry to be removed | |
| 26 | without prompting for confirmation, regardless of | |
| 27 | the permissions of the file to which it refers. | |
| 28 | Suppress diagnostic messages regarding non-existent | |
| 29 | operands. | |
| 30 | .Tp Fl i | |
| 31 | Write a prompt to the standard error output | |
| 32 | requesting confirmation before removing each existing | |
| 33 | directory entry, regardless of the permissions | |
| 34 | of the file to which it refers. | |
| 35 | .Tp Fl R | |
| 36 | Permit directories to be removed. | |
| 37 | .Pp | |
| 38 | .Tp Fl r | |
| 39 | Equivalent to | |
| 40 | .FL R. | |
| 41 | .Tp | |
| 42 | .Pp | |
| 43 | The following operands are available: | |
| 44 | .Tw Fl | |
| 45 | .Tp Ar file | |
| 46 | A pathname of a directory entry to be removed. | |
| 47 | .Tp | |
| 48 | .Pp | |
| 49 | The | |
| 50 | .Nm rm | |
| 51 | utility exits with one of the following values: | |
| 52 | .Tw Ds | |
| 53 | .Tp Li 0 | |
| 54 | All the named directory entries were removed. | |
| 55 | .Tp Li >0 | |
| 56 | An error occurred. | |
| 57 | .Tp | |
| 58 | .Sh ENVIRONMENT | |
| 59 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 60 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
| 61 | The | |
| 62 | .Nm rm | |
| 63 | function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. |