a handy little tool when looking for these things in UNIx are your handy dandy man pages, though I often find them kinda crpytic.
ledzep> man rm User Commands rm(1) NAME rm, rmdir - remove directory entries SYNOPSIS /usr/bin/rm [ -f ] [ -i ] file ... /usr/bin/rm -rR [ -f ] [ -i ] dirname ... [ file ... ] /usr/xpg4/bin/rm [ -fiRr ] file ... /usr/bin/rmdir [ -ps ] dirname ... DESCRIPTION /usr/bin/rm /usr/xpg4/bin/rm The rm utility removes the directory entry specified by each file argument. If a file has no write permission and the standard input is a terminal, the full set of permis- sions (in octal) for the file are printed followed by a question mark. This is a prompt for confirmation. If the answer begins with y (for yes), the file is deleted, other- wise the file remains. If file is a symbolic link, the link will be removed, but the file or directory to which it refers will not be deleted. Users do not need write permission to remove a sym- bolic link, provided they have write permissions in the directory. If multiple files are specified and removal of a file fails for any reason, rm will write a diagnostic message to stan- dard error, do nothing more to the current file, and go on to any remaining files. If the standard input is not a terminal, the utility will operate as if the -f option is in effect. /usr/bin/rmdir The rmdir utility will remove the directory entry specified by each dirname operand, which must refer to an empty direc- tory. Directories will be processed in the order specified. If a directory and a subdirectory of that directory are specified in a single invocation of rmdir , the subdirectory must be specified before the parent directory so that the parent directory will be empty when rmdir tries to remove it. OPTIONS The following options are supported for /usr/bin/rm and /usr/xpg4/bin/rm: -r Recursively remove directories and subdirectories SunOS 5.7 Leigh Anne Chisholm wrote: > > -r is a 'recursive' flag (remove the contents of the directory recursively). > > -f is a 'force flag' (ignore non-existant files, never prompt). Dave > > And for those that don't know, "rm" is used to remove files or directories. > "/bin" is a common directory where binaries are kept... > > -- Leigh Anne > > PS. I like it! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:27 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: OT: The most powerful Unix command EVER!!! (3rd trail!!!) > > [7:21880] > > > > > > Hee hee. That's very funny. I'm going to ask a dumb question > > though. I know > > what rm does. What does rm -rf do? > > > > Often e-mails to the group with URLs in them get filtered. I'm not sure > > why. It happens especially with short e-mails when the URL is > > near the top. > > You just have to be patient and persistent. > > > > Priscilla > > > > At 11:14 PM 10/2/01, Albert Y. Pak wrote: > > >Hi guys, > > >I am having problems send this link out earlier... Sorry about > > that. Don't > > >know who I should talk to about this. This happened to me a few > > times just > > >to send out the email to this group. :-/ > > > > > >One last try! > > >http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/57b2.shtml > > > > > >Albert > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=21904&t=21904 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]