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                      3: rm                           Command                           rm
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                      8: Remove files
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                     10: rrmm [ -ffiirrttvv ] _f_i_l_e ...
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                     12: rm removes each file.  If no other links exist, rm frees the data
                     13: blocks associated with the file.
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                     15: To remove  a file, a user must have  write and execute permission
                     16: on the  directory in which  the file resides, and  must also have
                     17: write permission on the  file itself.  The force option -f forces
                     18: the file to be removed if the user does not have write permission
                     19: on  the  file  itself.   It  suppresses  all error  messages  and
                     20: prompts.
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                     22: The interactive  option -i tells  rm to prompt  for permission to
                     23: delete each file.
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                     25: The recursive  removal option -r causes rm  to descend into every
                     26: directory, search for  and delete files, and descend further into
                     27: subdirectories.   Directories  are removed  if  the directory  is
                     28: empty, is  not the current directory, and is  not the root direc-
                     29: tory.
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                     31: The test  option -t  performs all  access testing but  removes no
                     32: files.
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                     34: The verbose  option -v  tells rm  to print each  file rm  and the
                     35: action taken.  In conjunction with the -t option, this allows the
                     36: extent of possible damage to be previewed.
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                     38: ***** See Also *****
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                     40: commands, ln, rmdir
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                     42: ***** Notes *****
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                     44: Absence of  delete permission  in parent directories  is reported
                     45: with the  message ``_f_i_l_e: permission  denied''.  Write protection
                     46: is not  inherited by subdirectories;  they must be  protected in-
                     47: dividually.
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                     49: Note  that  unlike  the  similarly  named command  under  MS-DOS,
                     50: COHERENT's version  of rm  will not prompt  you if you  request a
                     51: mass deletion.  Thus, the command
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                     54:         rm *
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                     57: will  silently and  immediately delete all  files in  the current
                     58: directory.  Caveat utilitor!
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