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| -rw-r--r-- | bin/rm/rm.1 | 30 |
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diff --git a/bin/rm/rm.1 b/bin/rm/rm.1 index 0489ec9f47f..f69a597ca56 100644 --- a/bin/rm/rm.1 +++ b/bin/rm/rm.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rm.1,v 1.36 2012/09/05 06:21:18 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rm.1,v 1.37 2014/05/25 19:07:36 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: rm.1,v 1.8 1995/07/25 19:37:30 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 5 2012 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 25 2014 $ .Dt RM 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -150,22 +150,11 @@ specification. The flags .Op Fl dP are extensions to that specification. -.Pp -.St -p1003.1-2008 -requires -.Nm -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 +.Sh HISTORY +An .Nm -with respect to directories. +command appeared in +.At v1 . .Pp The .Nm @@ -183,11 +172,6 @@ The interactive mode used to be a .Nm dsw command, a carryover from the ancient past with an amusing etymology. -.Sh HISTORY -An -.Nm -command appeared in -.At v1 . .Sh BUGS The .Fl P @@ -195,5 +179,5 @@ option assumes that both the underlying file system and storage medium write in place. This is true for the FFS and MS-DOS file systems and magnetic hard disks, but not true for most flash storage. -In addition, only regular files are overwritten, other types of files +In addition, only regular files are overwritten; other types of files are not. |