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| author | Michael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2002-01-24 19:21:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2002-01-24 19:21:40 +0000 |
| commit | 422758a1265b5865ee1ca8a8ee6895c3c8a2ce2e (patch) | |
| tree | 6122b91828c3cfb21a3028f5ed81e186a7637c52 /bin/rm | |
| parent | 20bceceea0c32e317a5d73423cb41ac4ea846296 (diff) | |
restore a little bit of historical material
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/rm')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/rm/rm.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/rm/rm.1 b/bin/rm/rm.1 index cf0246b14bd..6ef60dd6b05 100644 --- a/bin/rm/rm.1 +++ b/bin/rm/rm.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rm.1,v 1.16 2001/12/21 11:41:50 mpech Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rm.1,v 1.17 2002/01/24 19:21:39 mickey Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: rm.1,v 1.8 1995/07/25 19:37:30 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994 @@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ It is an error to attempt to remove the files .Dq \&. or .Dq .. . +It is forbidden to remove the file +.Dq .. +merely to avoid the antisocial consequences of inadvertently +doing something like +.Dq Cm rm -r .* . .Pp The .Nm @@ -162,6 +167,11 @@ Also, historical .Bx implementations prompted on the standard output, not the standard error output. +.Pp +The interactive mode used to be a +.Nm dsw +command, a carryover from the ancient past with an +amusing etymology. .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm |