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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