RM(1) RM(1)
NAME
rm - remove (unlink) files
SYNOPSIS
rm [ -fri ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Rm removes directory entries. If an entry was the last link
to a file, the file is destroyed. If an entry is a direc-
tory it is removed only if empty. Removal of a file
requires write permission in its directory, but neither read
nor write permission on the file itself.
If a file lacks write permission and the the standard input
is a terminal, a query is written to the standard output and
a line is read from the standard input. If that line begins
with `y' the file is deleted, otherwise the file remains.
The options are
-f (force) Ask no questions about unwritable files and
report no errors.
-r Recursively delete the entire contents of a directory
and the directory itself.
-i (interactive) Ask whether to delete each file, and,
under -r, whether to examine each directory. If the
first character of the response is `y', the answer is
yes; otherwise the answer is no.
SEE ALSO
unlink(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
It is forbidden to remove the file `..' merely to avoid the
antisocial consequences of inadvertently doing something
like `rm -r .*'.