Fix synopsis to match 1003.2. Add text describing the way in which

our implementation does not meet 1003.2 (rather than the now outdated
``is expected to comply' language).
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Garrett Wollman 1999-01-28 17:41:02 +00:00
parent 697457a133
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
.\" $Id: rm.1,v 1.11 1997/08/07 21:37:38 steve Exp $
.\" $Id: rm.1,v 1.12 1998/05/18 06:37:35 charnier Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 5, 1994
.Dd January 28, 1999
.Dt RM 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
.Nd remove directory entries
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rm
.Op Fl f | Fl i
.Op Fl dPRrW
.Op Fl dfiPRrW
.Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ input device is a terminal, the user is prompted (on the standard error
output) for confirmation.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl d
Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files.
.It Fl f
@ -140,9 +139,6 @@ The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative
path reference. For example:
.Dl rm /home/user/-filename
.Dl rm ./-filename
This is useful for commands that do not use
.Xr getopt 3
to parse the command line arguments.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rmdir 1 ,
.Xr undelete 2 ,
@ -173,9 +169,22 @@ not the standard error output.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
command is expected to be
command is almost
.St -p1003.2
compatible.
compatible, except that
.Tn POSIX
requires
.Nm rm
to act like
.Xr rmdir 1
when the
.Ar file
specified is a directory. This implementation requires the
.Fl d
option if such behavior is desired. This follows the historical
behavior of
.Nm
with respect to directories.
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm