NAME

rm  − remove (unlink) files

SYNOPSIS

rm [ −f ] [ −r ] name ... 

DESCRIPTION

Rm removes the entries for one or more files from a directory.  If an entry was 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.  If a file has no write permission, rm prints the file name and its mode, then reads a line from the standard input.  If the line begins with y, the file is removed, otherwise it is not.  The question is not asked if option −f was given or if the standard input is not a typewriter.  If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is printed unless the optional argument −r has been used.  In that case, rm recursively deletes the entire contents of the specified directory.  To remove directories per se see rmdir(I). 

FILES

/etc/glob to implement the −r flag

SEE ALSO

rmdir (I)

BUGS

When rm removes the contents of a directory under the −r flag, full pathnames are not printed in diagnostics.