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Date:      Mon, 4 Oct 2010 06:17:46 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r213398 - head/bin/rm
Message-ID:  <201010040617.o946HkOO002409@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: delphij
Date: Mon Oct  4 06:17:45 2010
New Revision: 213398
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/213398

Log:
  Clarify the combination effect of -P and -f to make it clear.
  
  Submitted by:	arundel
  MFC after:	2 weeks

Modified:
  head/bin/rm/rm.1

Modified: head/bin/rm/rm.1
==============================================================================
--- head/bin/rm/rm.1	Mon Oct  4 05:56:29 2010	(r213397)
+++ head/bin/rm/rm.1	Mon Oct  4 06:17:45 2010	(r213398)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)rm.1	8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 26, 2006
+.Dd October 3, 2010
 .Dt RM 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ yet provides almost the same level of pr
 Overwrite regular files before deleting them.
 Files are overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff,
 then 0x00, and then 0xff again, before they are deleted.
-Files with multiple links will not be overwritten nor deleted unless
+Files with multiple links will not be overwritten nor deleted
+and a warning will be issued.
+If the
 .Fl f
-is specified, a warning is generated instead.
+option is specified, files with multiple links will also be overwritten
+and deleted.
+No warning will be issued.
 .Pp
 Specifying this flag for a read only file will cause
 .Nm



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