Research V4 development
authorDennis Ritchie <dmr@research.uucp>
Wed, 31 Oct 1973 01:31:42 +0000 (20:31 -0500)
committerDennis Ritchie <dmr@research.uucp>
Wed, 31 Oct 1973 01:31:42 +0000 (20:31 -0500)
Work on file man/man1/dsw.1

Co-Authored-By: Ken Thompson <ken@research.uucp>
Synthesized-from: v4

man/man1/dsw.1 [new file with mode: 0644]

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+.th DSW I 3/15/72
+.sh NAME
+dsw  \*-  delete interactively
+.sh SYNOPSIS
+.bd dsw
+[ directory ]
+.sh DESCRIPTION
+For
+each file in the given directory
+(`\fB.\fR'
+if not specified)
+.it dsw
+types its name.
+If
+.bd y
+is typed, the file is deleted;
+if
+.bd x,
+.it dsw
+exits;
+if new-line, the file is not deleted;
+if anything else,
+.it dsw
+asks again.
+.sh "SEE ALSO"
+rm(I)
+.sh BUGS
+The name
+.it dsw
+is a carryover from the ancient past.  Its etymology is
+amusing.