RM(1) DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5) RM(1)
NAME
rm, rmdir - remove files or directories
USAGE
rm [ -fri ] file ...
rmdir dir ...
DESCRIPTION
Rm removes the entries for one or more files from a direc-
tory. If an entry was the last link to the file, the file
is destroyed. Removing a file requires write permission in
its directory, but neither read nor write permission on the
file itself.
If a file has no write permission and the standard input is
a terminal, its permissions are printed and a line is read
from the standard input. If that line begins with y, the
file is deleted; otherwise, the file remains. No questions
are asked if the standard input is not a terminal.
Rmdir removes entries for the named directories, which must
be empty.
OPTIONS
-f Suppress questions concerning removals.
-r Recursively delete the entire contents of the
specified directory, and the directory itself,
without printing any error comments.
-i Use interactive mode. Ask whether or not to
delete each file. If this option is used with the
-r option, rm also asks whether or not to examine
each directory.
CAUTIONS
It is forbidden to remove the file ``..'' merely to avoid
the antisocial consequences of inadvertently doing something
such as:
rm -r .*
DIAGNOSTICS
Generally self-explanatory.
RELATED INFORMATION
unlink (2).
Printed 6/10/85 RM-1