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diff --git a/man/rm.1 b/man/rm.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f9525e --- /dev/null +++ b/man/rm.1 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35. +.TH RM "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +rm \- remove files or directories +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B rm +[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR... +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page +documents the GNU version of +.BR rm . +.B rm +removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove +directories. +.P +If the \fI\-I\fR or \fI\-\-interactive\=once\fR option is given, +and there are more than three files or the \fI\-r\fR, \fI\-R\fR, +or \fI\-\-recursive\fR are given, then +.B rm +prompts the user for whether to proceed with the entire operation. If +the response is not affirmative, the entire command is aborted. +.P +Otherwise, if a file is unwritable, standard input is a terminal, and +the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given, or the +\fI\-i\fR or \fI\-\-interactive\=always\fR option is given, +.B rm +prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response is +not affirmative, the file is skipped. +.SH OPTIONS +.PP +Remove (unlink) the FILE(s). +.TP +\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR +ignore nonexistent files, never prompt +.TP +\fB\-i\fR +prompt before every removal +.TP +\fB\-I\fR +prompt once before removing more than three files, or +when removing recursively. Less intrusive than \fB\-i\fR, +while still giving protection against most mistakes +.TP +\fB\-\-interactive\fR[=\fIWHEN\fR] +prompt according to WHEN: never, once (\fB\-I\fR), or +always (\fB\-i\fR). Without WHEN, prompt always +.TP +\fB\-\-one\-file\-system\fR +when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any +directory that is on a file system different from +that of the corresponding command line argument +.TP +\fB\-\-no\-preserve\-root\fR +do not treat `/' specially +.TP +\fB\-\-preserve\-root\fR +do not remove `/' (default) +.TP +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR +remove directories and their contents recursively +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR +explain what is being done +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +By default, rm does not remove directories. Use the \fB\-\-recursive\fR (\fB\-r\fR or \fB\-R\fR) +option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its contents. +.PP +To remove a file whose name starts with a `\-', for example `\-foo', +use one of these commands: +.IP +rm \fB\-\-\fR \fB\-foo\fR +.IP +rm ./\-foo +.PP +Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover +the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the contents are +truly unrecoverable, consider using shred. +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.br +This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of +the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +unlink(1), unlink(2), chattr(1), shred(1) +.PP +The full documentation for +.B rm +is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the +.B info +and +.B rm +programs are properly installed at your site, the command +.IP +.B info rm +.PP +should give you access to the complete manual. |