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earlier, and more gracefully. Previously, this combination would be ignored early in the code where permissions are tested and fail later with a very unhelpful "permission denied" error. Instead, test for this flag in the same block that generates the "override?" messages for read-only files, but instead of trying to guess what the user has in mind, generate an error and exit. Update the man page to reflect this new behavior. Not objected to by: freebsd-hackers@
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.\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 28, 2004
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.Dt RM 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm rm ,
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.Nm unlink
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.Nd remove directory entries
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl f | i
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.Op Fl dIPRrvW
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.Ar
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.Nm unlink
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.Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified on the
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command line.
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If the permissions of the file do not permit writing, and the standard
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input device is a terminal, the user is prompted (on the standard error
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output) for confirmation.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl d
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Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files.
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.It Fl f
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Attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation,
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regardless of the file's permissions.
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If the file does not exist, do not display a diagnostic message or modify
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the exit status to reflect an error.
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The
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.Fl f
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option overrides any previous
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.Fl i
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options.
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.It Fl i
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Request confirmation before attempting to remove each file, regardless of
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the file's permissions, or whether or not the standard input device is a
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terminal.
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The
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.Fl i
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option overrides any previous
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.Fl f
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options.
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.It Fl I
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Request confirmation once if more than three files are being removed or if a
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directory is being recursively removed.
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This is a far less intrusive option than
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.Fl i
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yet provides almost the same level of protection against mistakes.
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.It Fl P
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Overwrite regular files before deleting them.
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Files are overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff,
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then 0x00, and then 0xff again, before they are deleted.
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Specifying this flag for a read only file will cause
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.Nm
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to generate an error message and exit.
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The file wil not be removed or overwritten.
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.It Fl R
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Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument.
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The
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.Fl R
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option implies the
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.Fl d
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option.
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If the
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.Fl i
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option is specified, the user is prompted for confirmation before
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each directory's contents are processed (as well as before the attempt
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is made to remove the directory).
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If the user does not respond affirmatively, the file hierarchy rooted in
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that directory is skipped.
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.Pp
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.It Fl r
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Equivalent to
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.Fl R .
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.It Fl v
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Be verbose when deleting files, showing them as they are removed.
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.It Fl W
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Attempt to undelete the named files.
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Currently, this option can only be used to recover
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files covered by whiteouts.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility removes symbolic links, not the files referenced by the links.
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.Pp
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It is an error to attempt to remove the files
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.Pa / ,
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.Pa .\&
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or
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.Pa .. .
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.Pp
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When the utility is called as
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.Nm unlink ,
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only one argument,
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which must not be a directory,
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may be supplied.
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No options may be supplied in this simple mode of operation,
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which performs an
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.Xr unlink 2
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operation on the passed argument.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits 0 if all of the named files or file hierarchies were removed,
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or if the
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.Fl f
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option was specified and all of the existing files or file hierarchies were
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removed.
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If an error occurs,
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.Nm
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exits with a value >0.
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.Sh NOTE
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The
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.Nm
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command uses
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.Xr getopt 3
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to parse its arguments, which allows it to accept
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the
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.Sq Li --
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option which will cause it to stop processing flag options at that
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point.
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This will allow the removal of file names that begin
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with a dash
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.Pq Sq - .
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For example:
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.Dl rm -- -filename
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The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative
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path reference.
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For example:
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.Dl rm /home/user/-filename
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.Dl rm ./-filename
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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The
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.Nm
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utility differs from historical implementations in that the
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.Fl f
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option only masks attempts to remove non-existent files instead of
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masking a large variety of errors.
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The
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.Fl v
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option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended.
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.Pp
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Also, historical
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.Bx
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implementations prompted on the standard output,
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not the standard error output.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chflags 1 ,
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.Xr rmdir 1 ,
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.Xr undelete 2 ,
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.Xr unlink 2 ,
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.Xr fts 3 ,
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.Xr getopt 3 ,
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.Xr symlink 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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command conforms to
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.St -p1003.2 .
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.Pp
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The simplified
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.Nm unlink
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command conforms to
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.St -susv2 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v1 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Fl P
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option assumes that the underlying file system is a fixed-block file
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system.
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UFS is a fixed-block file system, LFS is not.
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In addition, only regular files are overwritten, other types of files
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are not.
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