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+.\"    @(#)rm.1        8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
+.\"
+.Dd May 31, 1993

 .Dt RM 1
 .Dt RM 1

-.Os BSD 4.4
+.Os

 .Sh NAME
 .Nm rm
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm rm

-.Nd Remove directory entries.
+.Nd remove directory entries

 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm rm
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm rm

-.Op Fl f Li \&| Fl i
-.Op Fl Rr
+.Op Fl f | Fl i
+.Op Fl dRr

 .Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION

-The rm utility removes the directory entry specified by each
-file argument.
+The
+.Nm rm
+utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified on the
+command line.
+If the permissions of the file do not permit writing, and the standard
+input device is a terminal, the user is prompted (on the standard error
+output) for confirmation.

 .Pp
 .Pp

-The following options are available:
-.Tw 8n
-.Tp Fl f
-Force each specified directory entry to be removed
-without prompting for confirmation, regardless of
-the permissions of the file to which it refers.
-Suppress diagnostic messages regarding non-existent
-operands.
-.Tp Fl i
-Write a prompt to the standard error output
-requesting confirmation before removing each existing
-directory entry, regardless of the permissions
-of the file to which it refers.
-.Tp Fl R
-Permit directories to be removed (recursively).
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width flag
+.It Fl d
+Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files.
+.It Fl f
+Attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation,
+regardless of the file's permissions.
+If the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic message or modify
+the exit status to reflect an error.
+The
+.Fl f
+option overrides any previous
+.Fl i 
+options.
+.It Fl i
+Request confirmation before attempting to remove each file, regardless of
+the file's permissions, or whether or not the standard input device is a
+terminal.
+The
+.Fl i
+option overrides any previous
+.Fl f 
+options.
+.It Fl R
+Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument.
+The 
+.Fl R
+option implies the
+.Fl d
+option.
+If the
+.Fl i
+option is specified, the user is prompted for confirmation before 
+each directory's contents are processed (as well as before the attempt
+is made to remove the directory).
+If the user does not respond affirmatively, the file hierarchy rooted in
+that directory is skipped.

 .Pp
 .Pp

-.Tp Fl r
+.It Fl r

 Equivalent to
 .Fl R .
 Equivalent to
 .Fl R .

-.Tp
+.El

 .Pp
 .Pp

-The following argument is available:
-.Tw Fl
-.Tp Ar file
-A pathname of a directory entry to be removed.
-.Tp
+The
+.Nm rm
+utility removes symbolic links, not the files referenced by the links.
+.Pp
+It is an error to attempt to remove the files ``.'' and ``..''.

 .Pp
 The
 .Nm rm
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm rm

-utility exits with one of the following values:
-.Tw Ds
-.Tp Li 0
-All the named directory entries were removed.
-.Tp Li >0
-An error occurred.
-.Tp
+utility exits 0 if all of the named files or file hierarchies were removed,
+or if the
+.Fl f
+option was specified and all of the existing files or file hierarchies were
+removed.
+If an error occurs,
+.Nm rm
+exits with a value >0.

 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Sh SEE ALSO

-.Xr rmdir 1
+.Xr rmdir 1 ,
+.Xr unlink 2 ,
+.Xr fts 3 ,
+.Xr symlink 7
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+The
+.Nm rm
+utility differs from historical implementations in that the
+.Fl f
+option only masks attempts to remove non-existent files instead of
+masking a large variety of errors.
+.Pp
+Also, historical
+.Bx
+implementations prompted on the standard output,
+not the standard error output.

 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Nm rm
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Nm rm

-function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
+command is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.