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authormpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1997-04-08 20:27:48 +0000
committermpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1997-04-08 20:27:48 +0000
commitdd5458250f6fb820e51988382c49f48a7eb39828 (patch)
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parentcda9b3f2fad860a496ae5d2f1e01321b5fafa915 (diff)
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Improve the wording in the NOTES section. Closes PR# 3223.
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diff --git a/bin/rm/rm.1 b/bin/rm/rm.1
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--- a/bin/rm/rm.1
+++ b/bin/rm/rm.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: rm.1,v 1.7 1997/02/22 14:05:26 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 5, 1994
.Dt RM 1
@@ -123,20 +123,19 @@ If an error occurs,
.Nm rm
exits with a value >0.
.Sh NOTE
-.Nm rm
-use
+The
+.Nm
+command uses
.Xr getopt 3
-parsing routine. Getopt accept a
+to parse its arguments, which allows it to accept
+the
.Sq Li --
-argument, which stop reading options, anything after this
-is not an option.
-So
-.Nm rm
-handle files whose names begins with a
-.Sq Li - .
-Example:
-
-``$ rm -- -filename''.
+option which will cause it to stop processing flag options at that
+point. This will allow the removal of file names that begin
+with a dash
+.Pq Sq - .
+For example:
+.Dl rm -- -filename
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rmdir 1 ,
.Xr undelete 2 ,
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