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Clarify the combination effect of -P and -f to make it clear.

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Submitted by:	arundel
MFC after:	2 weeks
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Xin LI 2010-10-04 06:17:45 +00:00
parent 946cdff5c4
commit 873ddec3fb
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=213398
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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 26, 2006
.Dd October 3, 2010
.Dt RM 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ yet provides almost the same level of protection against mistakes.
Overwrite regular files before deleting them.
Files are overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff,
then 0x00, and then 0xff again, before they are deleted.
Files with multiple links will not be overwritten nor deleted unless
Files with multiple links will not be overwritten nor deleted
and a warning will be issued.
If the
.Fl f
is specified, a warning is generated instead.
option is specified, files with multiple links will also be overwritten
and deleted.
No warning will be issued.
.Pp
Specifying this flag for a read only file will cause
.Nm