    RM(I)                        1/20/73                        RM(I)

    NAME
         rm  - remove (unlink) files

    SYNOPSIS
         rm [ -f ] [ -r ] name ...

    DESCRIPTION
         Rm removes the entries for one or more files from a directo-
         ry.  If an entry was the last link to the file, the file  is
         destroyed.   Removal  of a file requires write permission in
         its directory, but neither read nor write permission on  the
         file itself.

         If  a  file has no write permission, rm prints the file name
         and its mode, then reads a line from the standard input.  If
         the line begins with y, the file is removed, otherwise it is
         not.  The question is not asked if option -f was given or if
         the standard input is not a typewriter.

         If  a  designated  file  is a directory, an error comment is
         printed unless the optional argument -r has been  used.   In
         that case, rm recursively deletes the entire contents of the
         specified directory.   To  remove  directories  per se  see
         rmdir(I).

    FILES
         /etc/glob to implement the -r flag

    SEE ALSO
         rmdir(I)

    BUGS
         When  rm  removes  the  contents of a directory under the -r
         flag, full pathnames are not printed in diagnostics.

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