4.3BSD-Reno/src/bin/rm/rm.1

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.\"     @(#)rm.1	6.4 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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.Dd July 24, 1990
.Dt RM 1
.Os BSD 4.4
.Sh NAME
.Nm rm
.Nd Remove directory entries.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rm
.Op Fl f Li \&| Fl i
.Op Fl Rr
.Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The rm utility removes the directory entry specified by each
file argument.
.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).
.Pp
.Tp Fl r
Equivalent to
.Fl R .
.Tp
.Pp
The following argument is available:
.Tw Fl
.Tp Ar file
A pathname of a directory entry to be removed.
.Tp
.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
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rmdir 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm rm
function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.