1RM(1) 386BSD Reference Manual RM(1) 2 3NNAAMMEE 4 rrmm - Remove directory entries. 5 6SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS 7 rrmm [--ff | --ii] [--ddRRrr] _f_i_l_e ... 8 9DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 10 The rrmm utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified 11 on the command line. If the permissions of the file do not permit 12 writing, and the standard input device is a terminal, the user is 13 prompted (on the standard error output) for confirmation. 14 15 The options are as follows: 16 17 --dd Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files. 18 19 --ff Attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation, 20 regardless of the file's permissions. If the file does not exist, 21 do not display a diagnostic message or modify the exit status to 22 reflect an error. The --ff option overrides any previous --ii options. 23 24 --ii Request confirmation before attempting to remove each file, 25 regardless of the file's permissions, or whether or not the 26 standard input device is a terminal. The --ii option overrides any 27 previous --ff options. 28 29 --RR Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument. 30 The --RR option implies the --dd option. If the --ii option is 31 specified, the user is prompted for confirmation before each 32 directory's contents are processed (as well as before the attempt 33 is made to remove the directory). If the user does not respond 34 affirmatively, the file hierarchy rooted in that directory is 35 skipped. 36 37 --rr Equivalent to --RR. 38 39 The rrmm utility removes symbolic links, not the files referenced by the 40 links. 41 42 It is an error to attempt to remove the files ``.'' and ``..''. 43 44 The rrmm utility exits 0 if all of the named files or file hierarchies were 45 removed, or if the --ff option was specified and all of the existing files 46 or file hierarchies were removed. If an error occurs, rrmm exits with a 47 value >0. 48 49SSEEEE AALLSSOO 50 rmdir(1), unlink(2), fts(3) 51 52CCOOMMPPAATTIIBBIILLIITTYY 53 The rrmm utility differs from historical implementations in that the --ff 54 option only masks attempts to remove non-existent files instead of 55 masking a large variety of errors. 56 57 Also, historical BSD UNIX implementations prompted on the standard 58 output, not the standard error output. 59 60SSTTAANNDDAARRDDSS 61 The rrmm command is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') compatible. 62 63BSD Experimental July 27, 1991 1 64 65 66 67