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authorBernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>2012-02-16 13:29:44 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-02-16 14:54:49 +0100
commitbf5ba002c20578a5bdc9599b250cdad5468fa9ab (patch)
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downloadcoreutils-bf5ba002c20578a5bdc9599b250cdad5468fa9ab.tar.xz
doc: improve 'rm -f' description
* doc/coreutils.texi (rm invocation): Mention that the -f option also silences the message for missing operands, which is useful in scripts e.g., for "rm -f $file_list" when $file_list is empty. * src/rm.c (usage): Likewise. Reported by Jérémy Magrin in http://bugs.gnu.org/10819
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@@ -8769,7 +8769,7 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
@itemx --force
@opindex -f
@opindex --force
-Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user.
+Ignore nonexistent files and missing operands, and never prompt the user.
Ignore any previous @option{--interactive} (@option{-i}) option.
@item -i