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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-26 13:44:41 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-26 13:44:41 +0000
commit9b2078d255b594463da115559fa03e3f68e7329c (patch)
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parent11227519c9cbbd6ec3d2a66f25562e77608a6e5d (diff)
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Fix markup, add the EXIT STATUS section.
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@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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 Fl
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl d
Attempt to remove directories as well as other types of files.
.It Fl f
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ Specifying this flag for a read only file will cause
to generate an error message and exit.
The file will not be removed or overwritten.
.It Fl R
-Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument.
+Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each
+.Ar file
+argument.
The
.Fl R
option implies the
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ No options may be supplied in this simple mode of operation,
which performs an
.Xr unlink 2
operation on the passed argument.
-.Pp
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 if all of the named files or file hierarchies were removed,
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ removed.
If an error occurs,
.Nm
exits with a value >0.
-.Sh NOTE
+.Sh NOTES
The
.Nm
command uses
@@ -166,12 +168,15 @@ This will allow the removal of file names that begin
with a dash
.Pq Sq - .
For example:
-.Dl rm -- -filename
+.Pp
+.Dl "rm -- -filename"
+.Pp
The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative
path reference.
For example:
-.Dl rm /home/user/-filename
-.Dl rm ./-filename
+.Pp
+.Dl "rm /home/user/-filename"
+.Dl "rm ./-filename"
.Pp
When
.Fl P
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