NAME

fdrm− remove files and directories from the fast-disk

SYNOPSIS

fdrm [ −r ] [ −i ] [ −c ] [ − ] file ... 

DESCRIPTION

Fdrm removes the entries for one or more files from a Fast-Disk directory, and, if specified, Fast-Disk directories as well. 

If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is printed unless the optional argument −r is present.  In that case, fdrm recursively deletes the entire contents of the specified directory, and the directory itself. 

If the −i (interactive) option is in effect, fdrm asks whether to delete each file, and, under −r, whether to examine each directory. 

The −c option directs fdrm to take exclusive control of the Fast-Disk filesystem until its work has been completed; this yields a speed advantage at the expense of excluding other users from access to the disk (see FDPERF_EXCLUSIVE under manual page fd_perf(3H)).

The null option − indicates that all the arguments following it are to be treated as file names.  This allows the specification of file names starting with a minus. 

There is no direct Fast-Disk counterpart to the UNIX rmdir utility.  The −r option of fdrm can be used to remove Fast-Disk directories. 

All Fast-Disk pathnames not beginning with a slash (/) are interpreted to be relative to the current Fast-Disk working directory specified by the FDCWD environment variable (see fdcwd(7)).

SEE ALSO

rm(1), fd_perf(3H), fd_unlink(3H), fdcwd(7)

Release β  —  Last change: 10/12/88