rm(1)                      DG/UX 4.30                       rm(1)



     NAME
          rm, rmdir - remove, delete files or directories

     SYNOPSIS
          rm [ -f ] [ -i ] file ...

          rm -r [ -f ] [ -i ] dirname

          rmdir [ -p ] [ -S ] dirname

     DESCRIPTION
          Rm removes the entries for one or more files from a
          directory.  If an entry is the last link to the file, the
          file is destroyed.  Removal of a file requires write
          permission in its directory, but neither read nor write
          permission on the file itself.

          When you try to remove a file that does not have write
          permission and the input is a terminal, the file's
          permissions, followed by a question mark,  are printed and a
          line is read from the standard input.  It the line that you
          type in begins with y, the file is deleted; otherwise, the
          file remains.

          If you try to remove a file that is a directory, an error
          message is printed.  You will not get an error message if
          you use the optional argument -r.

          Options are:

          -f      Turns prompting off for removing files that the user
                  has no write permission on.

          -r      If the file to be removed is a directory,
                  recursively deletes the entire contents of the
                  specified directory and the directory itself.

          -i      Interactive mode:  rm and, under -r, whether to
                  examine each directory.

          Rmdir removes entries for the named directories, which must
          be empty.

          Options are:

          -p   Try to delete the named directory and all its parent
               directories, which become empty.  Prints a message to
               standard output indicating whether or not the whole
               path is removed or part of the path remains.

          -s   Don't print messages to standard output when -p is in
               effect.



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     EXAMPLES
          $ rm code

          Removes the file named "code" from the current working
          directory.

          $ rm -i *.o

          You are asked whether each file that ends in ".o" should be
          removed. If you had a file "jqr.o", the  rm  command would
          print

          jqr.o: ?

           rm  waits for you to respond "y" for yes, or "n" for no.

          $ rm -rf $HOME/ITEMS

          All files and directories in the directory "$HOME/ITEMS" are
          removed and then the directory "ITEMS" itself is removed.
          If you do not have write permission for a file, the "f"
          option removes it without notifying you of that fact.

     SEE ALSO
          unlink(2) in the Programmer's Reference for the DG/UX System

     DIAGNOSTICS
          Generally self-explanatory.  You can't remove the parent
          directory pointer file (..).


























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