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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-02-20 16:49:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-02-20 16:49:27 +0000 |
| commit | 77ab7a182c30da8b4eb6cb06a53354b3f1a61e34 (patch) | |
| tree | 67aac9f9f1df9066f9e2f3a7fa8990c466dcc18d /man/rm.x | |
| parent | e8bf2b837f841229de3596a26edf2ede1ed050ee (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-77ab7a182c30da8b4eb6cb06a53354b3f1a61e34.tar.xz | |
Update documentation to match previous patch.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/rm.x')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/rm.x | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -8,11 +8,19 @@ documents the GNU version of removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove directories. .P -If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and -the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given, +If the \fI\-I\fR or \fI\-\-interactive\=once\fR option is given, +and there are more than three files or the \fI\-r\fR, \fI\-R\fR, +or \fI\-\-recursive\fR are given, then .B rm -prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response -is not affirmative, the file is skipped. +prompts the user for whether to proceed with the entire operation. If +the response is not affirmative, the entire command is aborted. +.P +Otherwise, if a file is unwritable, standard input is a terminal, and +the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given, or the +\fI\-i\fR or \fI\-\-interactive\=always\fR option is given, +.B rm +prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response is +not affirmative, the file is skipped. .SH OPTIONS [SEE ALSO] chattr(1), shred(1) |